diff --git a/include/drm/drm_modes.h b/include/drm/drm_modes.h
index 2f78b7e..b159fe0 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_modes.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_modes.h
@@ -411,6 +411,19 @@
 	 * Field for setting the HDMI picture aspect ratio of a mode.
 	 */
 	enum hdmi_picture_aspect picture_aspect_ratio;
+
+	/**
+	 * @export_head:
+	 *
+	 * struct list_head for modes to be exposed to the userspace.
+	 * This is to maintain a list of exposed modes while preparing
+	 * user-mode's list in drm_mode_getconnector ioctl. The purpose of this
+	 * list_head only lies in the ioctl function, and is not expected to be
+	 * used outside the function.
+	 * Once used, the stale pointers are not reset, but left as it is, to
+	 * avoid overhead of protecting it by mode_config.mutex.
+	 */
+	struct list_head export_head;
 };
 
 /**