diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev.c b/drivers/net/can/dev.c
index 3c40bba71d5b..b70ded3760f2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev.c
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(can_len2dlc);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CAN_CALC_BITTIMING
 #define CAN_CALC_MAX_ERROR 50 /* in one-tenth of a percent */
-#define CAN_CALC_SYNC_SEG 1
 
 /* Bit-timing calculation derived from:
  *
@@ -86,8 +85,8 @@ can_update_sample_point(const struct can_bittiming_const *btc,
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i <= 1; i++) {
-		tseg2 = tseg + CAN_CALC_SYNC_SEG -
-			(sample_point_nominal * (tseg + CAN_CALC_SYNC_SEG)) /
+		tseg2 = tseg + CAN_SYNC_SEG -
+			(sample_point_nominal * (tseg + CAN_SYNC_SEG)) /
 			1000 - i;
 		tseg2 = clamp(tseg2, btc->tseg2_min, btc->tseg2_max);
 		tseg1 = tseg - tseg2;
@@ -96,8 +95,8 @@ can_update_sample_point(const struct can_bittiming_const *btc,
 			tseg2 = tseg - tseg1;
 		}
 
-		sample_point = 1000 * (tseg + CAN_CALC_SYNC_SEG - tseg2) /
-			(tseg + CAN_CALC_SYNC_SEG);
+		sample_point = 1000 * (tseg + CAN_SYNC_SEG - tseg2) /
+			(tseg + CAN_SYNC_SEG);
 		sample_point_error = abs(sample_point_nominal - sample_point);
 
 		if (sample_point <= sample_point_nominal &&
@@ -145,7 +144,7 @@ static int can_calc_bittiming(struct net_device *dev, struct can_bittiming *bt,
 	/* tseg even = round down, odd = round up */
 	for (tseg = (btc->tseg1_max + btc->tseg2_max) * 2 + 1;
 	     tseg >= (btc->tseg1_min + btc->tseg2_min) * 2; tseg--) {
-		tsegall = CAN_CALC_SYNC_SEG + tseg / 2;
+		tsegall = CAN_SYNC_SEG + tseg / 2;
 
 		/* Compute all possible tseg choices (tseg=tseg1+tseg2) */
 		brp = priv->clock.freq / (tsegall * bt->bitrate) + tseg % 2;
@@ -223,7 +222,7 @@ static int can_calc_bittiming(struct net_device *dev, struct can_bittiming *bt,
 
 	/* real bitrate */
 	bt->bitrate = priv->clock.freq /
-		(bt->brp * (CAN_CALC_SYNC_SEG + tseg1 + tseg2));
+		(bt->brp * (CAN_SYNC_SEG + tseg1 + tseg2));
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/can/dev.h b/include/linux/can/dev.h
index f8975d0b90bb..41ff31795320 100644
--- a/include/linux/can/dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/can/dev.h
@@ -82,6 +82,21 @@ struct can_priv {
 #endif
 };
 
+#define CAN_SYNC_SEG 1
+
+/*
+ * can_bit_time() - Duration of one bit
+ *
+ * Please refer to ISO 11898-1:2015, section 11.3.1.1 "Bit time" for
+ * additional information.
+ *
+ * Return: the number of time quanta in one bit.
+ */
+static inline unsigned int can_bit_time(const struct can_bittiming *bt)
+{
+	return CAN_SYNC_SEG + bt->prop_seg + bt->phase_seg1 + bt->phase_seg2;
+}
+
 /*
  * get_can_dlc(value) - helper macro to cast a given data length code (dlc)
  * to u8 and ensure the dlc value to be max. 8 bytes.