diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
index 9ea2611770f43ce7ccba410406d5f2c528aab022..0138cf0b8b630dcf86bac7113db0401fa6b45633 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
@@ -931,10 +931,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_get_new_private_obj_state);
  * case, it is sometimes useful to differentiate commits which had no prior
  * connectors attached to @encoder vs ones that did (and to inspect their
  * state). This is especially true in enable hooks because the pipeline has
  * changed.
  *
+ * If you don't have access to the atomic state, see
+ * drm_atomic_get_connector_for_encoder().
+ *
  * Returns: The old connector connected to @encoder, or NULL if the encoder is
  * not connected.
  */
 struct drm_connector *
 drm_atomic_get_old_connector_for_encoder(const struct drm_atomic_state *state,
@@ -965,10 +968,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_get_old_connector_for_encoder);
  * this function will return NULL. While this may seem like an invalid use case,
  * it is sometimes useful to differentiate commits which have no connectors
  * attached to @encoder vs ones that do (and to inspect their state). This is
  * especially true in disable hooks because the pipeline will change.
  *
+ * If you don't have access to the atomic state, see
+ * drm_atomic_get_connector_for_encoder().
+ *
  * Returns: The new connector connected to @encoder, or NULL if the encoder is
  * not connected.
  */
 struct drm_connector *
 drm_atomic_get_new_connector_for_encoder(const struct drm_atomic_state *state,
@@ -985,10 +991,63 @@ drm_atomic_get_new_connector_for_encoder(const struct drm_atomic_state *state,
 
 	return NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_get_new_connector_for_encoder);
 
+/**
+ * drm_atomic_get_connector_for_encoder - Get connector currently assigned to an encoder
+ * @encoder: The encoder to find the connector of
+ * @ctx: Modeset locking context
+ *
+ * This function finds and returns the connector currently assigned to
+ * an @encoder.
+ *
+ * It is similar to the drm_atomic_get_old_connector_for_encoder() and
+ * drm_atomic_get_new_connector_for_encoder() helpers, but doesn't
+ * require access to the atomic state. If you have access to it, prefer
+ * using these. This helper is typically useful in situations where you
+ * don't have access to the atomic state, like detect, link repair,
+ * threaded interrupt handlers, or hooks from other frameworks (ALSA,
+ * CEC, etc.).
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * The connector connected to @encoder, or an error pointer otherwise.
+ * When the error is EDEADLK, a deadlock has been detected and the
+ * sequence must be restarted.
+ */
+struct drm_connector *
+drm_atomic_get_connector_for_encoder(const struct drm_encoder *encoder,
+				     struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	struct drm_connector_list_iter conn_iter;
+	struct drm_connector *out_connector = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	struct drm_connector *connector;
+	struct drm_device *dev = encoder->dev;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = drm_modeset_lock(&dev->mode_config.connection_mutex, ctx);
+	if (ret)
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+
+	drm_connector_list_iter_begin(dev, &conn_iter);
+	drm_for_each_connector_iter(connector, &conn_iter) {
+		if (!connector->state)
+			continue;
+
+		if (encoder == connector->state->best_encoder) {
+			out_connector = connector;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	drm_connector_list_iter_end(&conn_iter);
+	drm_modeset_unlock(&dev->mode_config.connection_mutex);
+
+	return out_connector;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_get_connector_for_encoder);
+
+
 /**
  * drm_atomic_get_old_crtc_for_encoder - Get old crtc for an encoder
  * @state: Atomic state
  * @encoder: The encoder to fetch the crtc state for
  *
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_atomic.h b/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
index 4c673f0698fef6b60f77db980378d5e88e0e250e..38636a593c9d98cadda85ccd67326cb152f0dd27 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
@@ -623,10 +623,13 @@ struct drm_connector *
 drm_atomic_get_old_connector_for_encoder(const struct drm_atomic_state *state,
 					 struct drm_encoder *encoder);
 struct drm_connector *
 drm_atomic_get_new_connector_for_encoder(const struct drm_atomic_state *state,
 					 struct drm_encoder *encoder);
+struct drm_connector *
+drm_atomic_get_connector_for_encoder(const struct drm_encoder *encoder,
+				     struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *ctx);
 
 struct drm_crtc *
 drm_atomic_get_old_crtc_for_encoder(struct drm_atomic_state *state,
 					 struct drm_encoder *encoder);
 struct drm_crtc *
