diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index 51f3192f3931e0a179dcb619e4e714a0565656fc..40e4237b0a3a13e29df690e9ef6fd02e7e220894 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -1653,6 +1653,19 @@ int usbnet_manage_power(struct usbnet *dev, int on)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(usbnet_manage_power);
 
+void usbnet_link_change(struct usbnet *dev, bool link, bool need_reset)
+{
+	/* update link after link is reseted */
+	if (link && !need_reset)
+		netif_carrier_on(dev->net);
+	else
+		netif_carrier_off(dev->net);
+
+	if (need_reset && link)
+		usbnet_defer_kevent(dev, EVENT_LINK_RESET);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(usbnet_link_change);
+
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static int __usbnet_read_cmd(struct usbnet *dev, u8 cmd, u8 reqtype,
 			     u16 value, u16 index, void *data, u16 size)
diff --git a/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h b/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h
index 0e5ac93bab101bea0526ee3b54f52ed3b0f72099..eb021b8f53bd720b4e3f30fabf690e8fd70cba40 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h
@@ -245,5 +245,6 @@ extern void usbnet_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *, struct ethtool_drvinfo *);
 extern int usbnet_nway_reset(struct net_device *net);
 
 extern int usbnet_manage_power(struct usbnet *, int);
+extern void usbnet_link_change(struct usbnet *, bool, bool);
 
 #endif /* __LINUX_USB_USBNET_H */