diff --git a/drivers/input/input.c b/drivers/input/input.c
index 5391abd28b27..880605959aa6 100644
--- a/drivers/input/input.c
+++ b/drivers/input/input.c
@@ -2044,6 +2044,23 @@ static void devm_input_device_unregister(struct device *dev, void *res)
 	__input_unregister_device(input);
 }
 
+/**
+ * input_enable_softrepeat - enable software autorepeat
+ * @dev: input device
+ * @delay: repeat delay
+ * @period: repeat period
+ *
+ * Enable software autorepeat on the input device.
+ */
+void input_enable_softrepeat(struct input_dev *dev, int delay, int period)
+{
+	dev->timer.data = (unsigned long) dev;
+	dev->timer.function = input_repeat_key;
+	dev->rep[REP_DELAY] = delay;
+	dev->rep[REP_PERIOD] = period;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(input_enable_softrepeat);
+
 /**
  * input_register_device - register device with input core
  * @dev: device to be registered
@@ -2108,12 +2125,8 @@ int input_register_device(struct input_dev *dev)
 	 * If delay and period are pre-set by the driver, then autorepeating
 	 * is handled by the driver itself and we don't do it in input.c.
 	 */
-	if (!dev->rep[REP_DELAY] && !dev->rep[REP_PERIOD]) {
-		dev->timer.data = (long) dev;
-		dev->timer.function = input_repeat_key;
-		dev->rep[REP_DELAY] = 250;
-		dev->rep[REP_PERIOD] = 33;
-	}
+	if (!dev->rep[REP_DELAY] && !dev->rep[REP_PERIOD])
+		input_enable_softrepeat(dev, 250, 33);
 
 	if (!dev->getkeycode)
 		dev->getkeycode = input_default_getkeycode;
diff --git a/include/linux/input.h b/include/linux/input.h
index 82ce323b9986..1e967694e9a5 100644
--- a/include/linux/input.h
+++ b/include/linux/input.h
@@ -469,6 +469,8 @@ int input_get_keycode(struct input_dev *dev, struct input_keymap_entry *ke);
 int input_set_keycode(struct input_dev *dev,
 		      const struct input_keymap_entry *ke);
 
+void input_enable_softrepeat(struct input_dev *dev, int delay, int period);
+
 extern struct class input_class;
 
 /**