diff --git a/libdmabufheap/include/dmabuf_alloc.h b/libdmabufheap/include/dmabuf_alloc.h
index abec18f59d6c56f8330e91033ba40670a17aa049..5a784bcb49de550965f453ce056cc9e8ee862c74 100644
--- a/libdmabufheap/include/dmabuf_alloc.h
+++ b/libdmabufheap/include/dmabuf_alloc.h
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ enum DmaHeapFlagOwnerId {
 
 void SetOwnerIdForHeapFlags(DmabufHeapBuffer *buffer, enum DmaHeapFlagOwnerId ownerId);
 
+void SetUsageForDmaHeap(unsigned int bufferFd, const char *usage);
+
 int DmabufHeapOpen(const char *heapName);
 
 int DmabufHeapClose(unsigned int fd);
diff --git a/libdmabufheap/src/dmabuf_alloc.c b/libdmabufheap/src/dmabuf_alloc.c
index d8c9c5640d8c6649d26ae0083bd8855df5ce77a9..aabf4f5657c477ee0f23923c0284ef68d9e9dbc9 100644
--- a/libdmabufheap/src/dmabuf_alloc.c
+++ b/libdmabufheap/src/dmabuf_alloc.c
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ void SetOwnerIdForHeapFlags(DmabufHeapBuffer *buffer, enum DmaHeapFlagOwnerId ow
     }
 }
 
+void SetUsageForDmaHeap(unsigned int bufferFd, const char *usage)
+{
+    if (usage == NULL)  {
+        HILOG_ERROR(LOG_CORE, "invalid usage");
+        return;
+    }
+}
+
 int DmabufHeapOpen(const char *heapName)
 {
     if (!IsHeapNameValid(heapName)) {