diff --git a/hw/xfree86/compat/geeventinit.c b/hw/xfree86/compat/geeventinit.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53dc2cc42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/xfree86/compat/geeventinit.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#include <dix-config.h>
+
+#include <X11/Xfuncproto.h>
+#include <X11/Xproto.h>
+
+#include "os/osdep.h"
+
+#include "xf86_compat.h"
+
+/*
+ * needed for NVidia proprietary driver 570.x and 575.x version
+ *
+ * they really need special functions for trivial struct initialization :p
+ *
+ * this function had been obsolete and removed long ago, but NVidia folks
+ * still didn't do basic maintenance and fixed their driver
+ */
+
+_X_EXPORT void GEInitEvent(xGenericEvent *ev, int extension);
+
+void GEInitEvent(xGenericEvent *ev, int extension)
+{
+    xf86NVidiaBugObsoleteFunc("GEInitEvent()");
+
+    ev->type = GenericEvent;
+    ev->extension = extension;
+    ev->length = 0;
+}
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/compat/meson.build b/hw/xfree86/compat/meson.build
index b3835efdc..22c253b5a 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/compat/meson.build
+++ b/hw/xfree86/compat/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 srcs_xorg_compat = [
     'clientexception.c',
+    'geeventinit.c',
     'log.c',
     'nvidiabug.c',
     'ones.c',
+    'timercheck.c',
     'xf86Helper.c',
 ]
 
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/compat/timercheck.c b/hw/xfree86/compat/timercheck.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a434e5685
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/xfree86/compat/timercheck.c
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#include <dix-config.h>
+
+#include <X11/Xfuncproto.h>
+
+#include "os/osdep.h"
+
+#include "xf86_compat.h"
+
+/*
+ * needed for NVidia proprietary driver 570.x and 575.x version
+ * force the server to see if any timer callbacks should be called
+ *
+ * this function had been obsolete and removed long ago, but NVidia folks
+ * still didn't do basic maintenance and fixed their driver
+ */
+
+_X_EXPORT void TimerCheck(void);
+
+void TimerCheck(void) {
+    xf86NVidiaBugObsoleteFunc("TimerCheck()");
+
+    DoTimers(GetTimeInMillis());
+}
diff --git a/os/WaitFor.c b/os/WaitFor.c
index 973a3495d..32b9b5b03 100644
--- a/os/WaitFor.c
+++ b/os/WaitFor.c
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ struct _OsTimerRec {
 };
 
 static void DoTimer(OsTimerPtr timer, CARD32 now);
-static void DoTimers(CARD32 now);
 static void CheckAllTimers(void);
 static volatile struct xorg_list timers;
 
@@ -276,8 +275,7 @@ DoTimer(OsTimerPtr timer, CARD32 now)
         TimerSet(timer, 0, newTime, timer->callback, timer->arg);
 }
 
-static void
-DoTimers(CARD32 now)
+void DoTimers(CARD32 now)
 {
     OsTimerPtr  timer;
 
diff --git a/os/osdep.h b/os/osdep.h
index ff41f2482..bf3c00f3b 100644
--- a/os/osdep.h
+++ b/os/osdep.h
@@ -225,4 +225,7 @@ Ones(unsigned long mask)
 
 #define LIMITCLIENTS     256     /* Must be a power of 2 and <= MAXCLIENTS */
 
+/* run timers that are expired at timestamp `now` */
+void DoTimers(CARD32 now);
+
 #endif                          /* _OSDEP_H_ */