diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-format.c b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-format.c
index 4a3d5549615c..52cb01306ee0 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-format.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-format.c
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2023, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2023 Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
  */
+#include <linux/bits.h>
 #include <linux/bug.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/lcm.h>
 
 #include "camss-format.h"
 
@@ -33,6 +35,18 @@ u8 camss_format_get_bpp(const struct camss_format_info *formats, unsigned int nf
 	return formats[0].mbus_bpp;
 }
 
+/*
+ * camss_format_get_bpl_alignment - Retrieve required BPL alignment for a given format.
+ * @format: a pointer to the format
+ *
+ * Return the required alignment, in bytes.
+ */
+unsigned int camss_format_get_bpl_alignment(const struct camss_format_info *format)
+{
+	/* Minimal number of bytes required to keep the line length an integer number of pixels */
+	return lcm_not_zero(format->mbus_bpp, BITS_PER_BYTE) / BITS_PER_BYTE;
+}
+
 /*
  * camss_format_find_code - Find a format code in an array
  * @code: a pointer to media bus format codes array
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-format.h b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-format.h
index 923a48c9c3fb..4f87ac8c4975 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-format.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss-format.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ struct camss_formats {
 };
 
 u8 camss_format_get_bpp(const struct camss_format_info *formats, unsigned int nformats, u32 code);
+unsigned int camss_format_get_bpl_alignment(const struct camss_format_info *f);
 u32 camss_format_find_code(u32 *code, unsigned int n_code, unsigned int index, u32 req_code);
 int camss_format_find_format(u32 code, u32 pixelformat, const struct camss_format_info *formats,
 			     unsigned int nformats);