diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/module_render.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/module_render.py
index 52f4d51c89..10acbf9447 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/module_render.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/module_render.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ from lms.djangoapps.grades.signals.signals import SCORE_PUBLISHED
 from lms.djangoapps.lms_xblock.field_data import LmsFieldData
 from lms.djangoapps.lms_xblock.models import XBlockAsidesConfig
 from lms.djangoapps.lms_xblock.runtime import LmsModuleSystem
+from lms.djangoapps.grades.util_services import GradesUtilService
 from lms.djangoapps.verify_student.services import XBlockVerificationService
 from openedx.core.djangoapps.bookmarks.services import BookmarksService
 from openedx.core.djangoapps.crawlers.models import CrawlersConfig
@@ -821,6 +822,7 @@ def get_module_system_for_user(
             'credit': CreditService(),
             'bookmarks': BookmarksService(user=user),
             'gating': GatingService(),
+            'grade_utils': GradesUtilService(course_id=course_id),
         },
         get_user_role=lambda: get_user_role(user, course_id),
         descriptor_runtime=descriptor._runtime,  # pylint: disable=protected-access
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/grades/api/v1/gradebook_views.py b/lms/djangoapps/grades/api/v1/gradebook_views.py
index 42508b1bf2..a0cbb0402b 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/grades/api/v1/gradebook_views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/grades/api/v1/gradebook_views.py
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ from lms.djangoapps.grades.models import (
     PersistentSubsectionGradeOverrideHistory,
 )
 from lms.djangoapps.grades.subsection_grade import CreateSubsectionGrade
-from lms.djangoapps.grades.tasks import are_grades_frozen, recalculate_subsection_grade_v3
+from lms.djangoapps.grades.tasks import recalculate_subsection_grade_v3
+from lms.djangoapps.grades.grade_utils import are_grades_frozen
 from opaque_keys import InvalidKeyError
 from opaque_keys.edx.keys import CourseKey, UsageKey
 from openedx.core.djangoapps.course_groups import cohorts
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/grades/grade_utils.py b/lms/djangoapps/grades/grade_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3009d2bd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/grades/grade_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+"""
+This module contains utility functions for grading.
+"""
+from datetime import timedelta
+from django.utils import timezone
+from openedx.core.djangoapps.content.course_overviews.models import CourseOverview
+from .config.waffle import ENFORCE_FREEZE_GRADE_AFTER_COURSE_END, waffle_flags
+
+
+def are_grades_frozen(course_key):
+    """ Returns whether grades are frozen for the given course. """
+    if waffle_flags()[ENFORCE_FREEZE_GRADE_AFTER_COURSE_END].is_enabled(course_key):
+        course = CourseOverview.get_from_id(course_key)
+        if course.end:
+            freeze_grade_date = course.end + timedelta(30)
+            now = timezone.now()
+            return now > freeze_grade_date
+    return False
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/grades/tasks.py b/lms/djangoapps/grades/tasks.py
index b5b0d0129e..6c10b47d22 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/grades/tasks.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/grades/tasks.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 This module contains tasks for asynchronous execution of grade updates.
 """
 
-from datetime import timedelta
 from logging import getLogger
 
 import six
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.db.utils import DatabaseError
-from django.utils import timezone
 from edx_django_utils.monitoring import set_custom_metric, set_custom_metrics_for_course_key
 from opaque_keys.edx.keys import CourseKey, UsageKey
 from opaque_keys.edx.locator import CourseLocator
@@ -27,7 +25,7 @@ from track.event_transaction_utils import set_event_transaction_id, set_event_tr
 from util.date_utils import from_timestamp
 from xmodule.modulestore.django import modulestore
 
-from .config.waffle import DISABLE_REGRADE_ON_POLICY_CHANGE, ENFORCE_FREEZE_GRADE_AFTER_COURSE_END, waffle, waffle_flags
+from .config.waffle import DISABLE_REGRADE_ON_POLICY_CHANGE, waffle
 from .constants import ScoreDatabaseTableEnum
 from .course_grade_factory import CourseGradeFactory
 from .exceptions import DatabaseNotReadyError
@@ -35,6 +33,7 @@ from .services import GradesService
 from .signals.signals import SUBSECTION_SCORE_CHANGED
 from .subsection_grade_factory import SubsectionGradeFactory
 from .transformer import GradesTransformer
+from .grade_utils import are_grades_frozen
 
 log = getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -352,14 +351,3 @@ def _course_task_args(course_key, **kwargs):
 
     for offset in six.moves.range(0, enrollment_count, batch_size):
         yield (six.text_type(course_key), offset, batch_size)
-
-
-def are_grades_frozen(course_key):
-    """ Returns whether grades are frozen for the given course. """
-    if waffle_flags()[ENFORCE_FREEZE_GRADE_AFTER_COURSE_END].is_enabled(course_key):
-        course = CourseOverview.get_from_id(course_key)
-        if course.end:
-            freeze_grade_date = course.end + timedelta(30)
-            now = timezone.now()
-            return now > freeze_grade_date
-    return False
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/grades/util_services.py b/lms/djangoapps/grades/util_services.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dff8f11b5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/grades/util_services.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+"A light weight interface to grading helper functions"
+
+
+from .grade_utils import are_grades_frozen
+
+
+class GradesUtilService(object):
+    """
+    An interface to be used by xblocks.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        super(GradesUtilService, self).__init__()
+        self.course_id = kwargs.get('course_id', None)
+
+    def are_grades_frozen(self):
+        "Check if grades are frozen for given course key"
+        return are_grades_frozen(self.course_id)