diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
index 7727917806ce..6de08cfc38aa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ int adreno_get_param(struct msm_gpu *gpu, uint32_t param, uint64_t *value)
 	case MSM_PARAM_PP_PGTABLE:
 		*value = 0;
 		return 0;
+	case MSM_PARAM_FAULTS:
+		*value = gpu->global_faults;
+		return 0;
 	default:
 		DBG("%s: invalid param: %u", gpu->name, param);
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
index 10babd18e286..194847a220b6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
@@ -443,6 +443,9 @@ static void recover_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (submit) {
 		struct task_struct *task;
 
+		/* Increment the fault count */
+		gpu->global_faults++;
+
 		task = get_pid_task(submit->pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
 		if (task) {
 			comm = kstrdup(task->comm, GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.h
index 6241986bab51..f2739cd97cea 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.h
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ struct msm_gpu {
 	/* does gpu need hw_init? */
 	bool needs_hw_init;
 
+	/* number of GPU hangs (for all contexts) */
+	int global_faults;
+
 	/* worker for handling active-list retiring: */
 	struct work_struct retire_work;
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/msm_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/msm_drm.h
index a9fdcf1689ce..178d7b407f3a 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/msm_drm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/msm_drm.h
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ struct drm_msm_timespec {
 #define MSM_PARAM_GMEM_BASE  0x06
 #define MSM_PARAM_NR_RINGS   0x07
 #define MSM_PARAM_PP_PGTABLE 0x08  /* => 1 for per-process pagetables, else 0 */
+#define MSM_PARAM_FAULTS     0x09
 
 struct drm_msm_param {
 	__u32 pipe;           /* in, MSM_PIPE_x */