diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt.h
index 7b872f2cc294ce418e3ff3c0fbb8febd3945874b..11c76c4b9a5e529acf909d615c7044dfc72fdf66 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt.h
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ bool rdtgroup_cbm_overlaps(struct rdt_resource *r, struct rdt_domain *d,
 unsigned int rdtgroup_cbm_to_size(struct rdt_resource *r, struct rdt_domain *d,
 				  u32 cbm);
 enum rdtgrp_mode rdtgroup_mode_by_closid(int closid);
+int rdtgroup_tasks_assigned(struct rdtgroup *r);
 struct rdt_domain *get_domain_from_cpu(int cpu, struct rdt_resource *r);
 int update_domains(struct rdt_resource *r, int closid);
 void closid_free(int closid);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c
index 6eb716765a3f4a70bdbc3947578a0a67a0c7b093..59e1de9fe2d528f1d0248ed673229ceea04f0a03 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c
@@ -564,6 +564,32 @@ static int __rdtgroup_move_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/**
+ * rdtgroup_tasks_assigned - Test if tasks have been assigned to resource group
+ * @r: Resource group
+ *
+ * Return: 1 if tasks have been assigned to @r, 0 otherwise
+ */
+int rdtgroup_tasks_assigned(struct rdtgroup *r)
+{
+	struct task_struct *p, *t;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	lockdep_assert_held(&rdtgroup_mutex);
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	for_each_process_thread(p, t) {
+		if ((r->type == RDTCTRL_GROUP && t->closid == r->closid) ||
+		    (r->type == RDTMON_GROUP && t->rmid == r->mon.rmid)) {
+			ret = 1;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int rdtgroup_task_write_permission(struct task_struct *task,
 					  struct kernfs_open_file *of)
 {