diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_cmdstream.h b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_cmdstream.h
index 42f4eb8c4ed..19ea0d74377 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_cmdstream.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_cmdstream.h
@@ -109,4 +109,16 @@ panfrost_translate_compare_func(enum pipe_compare_func in)
         }
 }
 
+static inline enum mali_sample_pattern
+panfrost_sample_pattern(unsigned samples)
+{
+        switch (samples) {
+        case 1:  return MALI_SAMPLE_PATTERN_SINGLE_SAMPLED;
+        case 4:  return MALI_SAMPLE_PATTERN_ROTATED_4X_GRID;
+        case 8:  return MALI_SAMPLE_PATTERN_D3D_8X_GRID;
+        case 16: return MALI_SAMPLE_PATTERN_D3D_16X_GRID;
+        default: unreachable("Unsupported sample count");
+        }
+}
+
 #endif /* __PAN_CMDSTREAM_H__ */