diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_state.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_state.c
index e779e93..e0811f9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_state.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_state.c
@@ -1126,8 +1126,9 @@
 }
 
 /* Wait until (value(reg) & mask) == val, up until timeout has hit */
-bool nouveau_wait_until(struct drm_device *dev, uint64_t timeout,
-			uint32_t reg, uint32_t mask, uint32_t val)
+bool
+nouveau_wait_eq(struct drm_device *dev, uint64_t timeout,
+		uint32_t reg, uint32_t mask, uint32_t val)
 {
 	struct drm_nouveau_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct nouveau_timer_engine *ptimer = &dev_priv->engine.timer;
@@ -1141,6 +1142,23 @@
 	return false;
 }
 
+/* Wait until (value(reg) & mask) != val, up until timeout has hit */
+bool
+nouveau_wait_ne(struct drm_device *dev, uint64_t timeout,
+		uint32_t reg, uint32_t mask, uint32_t val)
+{
+	struct drm_nouveau_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
+	struct nouveau_timer_engine *ptimer = &dev_priv->engine.timer;
+	uint64_t start = ptimer->read(dev);
+
+	do {
+		if ((nv_rd32(dev, reg) & mask) != val)
+			return true;
+	} while (ptimer->read(dev) - start < timeout);
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 /* Waits for PGRAPH to go completely idle */
 bool nouveau_wait_for_idle(struct drm_device *dev)
 {