diff --git a/drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c b/drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c
index 7f4e6dd63c00067120ab293dc893e88cfca15d0a..7d00738b4b60914ad9a4423b54b304730a0e01e9 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c
@@ -67,6 +67,22 @@ int dwc3_gadget_set_test_mode(struct dwc3 *dwc, int mode)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * dwc3_gadget_get_link_state - Gets current state of USB Link
+ * @dwc: pointer to our context structure
+ *
+ * Caller should take care of locking. This function will
+ * return the link state on success (>= 0) or -ETIMEDOUT.
+ */
+int dwc3_gadget_get_link_state(struct dwc3 *dwc)
+{
+	u32		reg;
+
+	reg = dwc3_readl(dwc->regs, DWC3_DSTS);
+
+	return DWC3_DSTS_USBLNKST(reg);
+}
+
 /**
  * dwc3_gadget_set_link_state - Sets USB Link to a particular State
  * @dwc: pointer to our context structure
diff --git a/drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.h b/drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.h
index febe1aa7b71424790c96d92852eb8ea4d4d51453..d1012447787254e4c2da4a51527edb526ba5136a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ void dwc3_gadget_giveback(struct dwc3_ep *dep, struct dwc3_request *req,
 		int status);
 
 int dwc3_gadget_set_test_mode(struct dwc3 *dwc, int mode);
+int dwc3_gadget_get_link_state(struct dwc3 *dwc);
 int dwc3_gadget_set_link_state(struct dwc3 *dwc, enum dwc3_link_state state);
 
 void dwc3_ep0_interrupt(struct dwc3 *dwc,