diff --git a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_proto.c b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_proto.c
index b6e161f71b26af834b2366b2d2f9f0e32f61ac0c..6c084b26665113ca0698cf24d0cc7436a974b6ec 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_proto.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_proto.c
@@ -380,3 +380,20 @@ int cros_ec_cmd_xfer(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cros_ec_cmd_xfer);
+
+int cros_ec_cmd_xfer_status(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
+			    struct cros_ec_command *msg)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = cros_ec_cmd_xfer(ec_dev, msg);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		dev_err(ec_dev->dev, "Command xfer error (err:%d)\n", ret);
+	} else if (msg->result != EC_RES_SUCCESS) {
+		dev_dbg(ec_dev->dev, "Command result (err: %d)\n", msg->result);
+		return -EPROTO;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cros_ec_cmd_xfer_status);
diff --git a/include/linux/mfd/cros_ec.h b/include/linux/mfd/cros_ec.h
index 64184d27e3cd38cb7c2f47a3392df8518581e7b3..d641a18abacb9f1d15b65b1ff5420929a6bd9e92 100644
--- a/include/linux/mfd/cros_ec.h
+++ b/include/linux/mfd/cros_ec.h
@@ -225,6 +225,21 @@ int cros_ec_check_result(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
 int cros_ec_cmd_xfer(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
 		     struct cros_ec_command *msg);
 
+/**
+ * cros_ec_cmd_xfer_status - Send a command to the ChromeOS EC
+ *
+ * This function is identical to cros_ec_cmd_xfer, except it returns success
+ * status only if both the command was transmitted successfully and the EC
+ * replied with success status. It's not necessary to check msg->result when
+ * using this function.
+ *
+ * @ec_dev: EC device
+ * @msg: Message to write
+ * @return: Num. of bytes transferred on success, <0 on failure
+ */
+int cros_ec_cmd_xfer_status(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
+			    struct cros_ec_command *msg);
+
 /**
  * cros_ec_remove - Remove a ChromeOS EC
  *