diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 3ab90ea0ed03429adf6aeeedd0e961be8a70b9b8..ad69f237aa78b24dc004ca928196fa4f1ca7a1f7 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -2158,6 +2158,7 @@ struct netdev_lag_upper_info {
 #define NETDEV_CHANGEINFODATA	0x0018
 #define NETDEV_BONDING_INFO	0x0019
 #define NETDEV_PRECHANGEUPPER	0x001A
+#define NETDEV_CHANGELOWERSTATE	0x001B
 
 int register_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
 int unregister_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
@@ -2179,6 +2180,11 @@ struct netdev_notifier_changeupper_info {
 	void *upper_info; /* upper dev info */
 };
 
+struct netdev_notifier_changelowerstate_info {
+	struct netdev_notifier_info info; /* must be first */
+	void *lower_state_info; /* is lower dev state */
+};
+
 static inline void netdev_notifier_info_init(struct netdev_notifier_info *info,
 					     struct net_device *dev)
 {
@@ -3640,6 +3646,8 @@ void netdev_upper_dev_unlink(struct net_device *dev,
 void netdev_adjacent_rename_links(struct net_device *dev, char *oldname);
 void *netdev_lower_dev_get_private(struct net_device *dev,
 				   struct net_device *lower_dev);
+void netdev_lower_state_changed(struct net_device *lower_dev,
+				void *lower_state_info);
 
 /* RSS keys are 40 or 52 bytes long */
 #define NETDEV_RSS_KEY_LEN 52
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 8ed886663c6d9238020daec30b9ad6899fbd4b9a..d1706e88fbeb3b3ee63815b04ee6e9a90a9b16b1 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5756,6 +5756,26 @@ int dev_get_nest_level(struct net_device *dev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_nest_level);
 
+/**
+ * netdev_lower_change - Dispatch event about lower device state change
+ * @lower_dev: device
+ * @lower_state_info: state to dispatch
+ *
+ * Send NETDEV_CHANGELOWERSTATE to netdev notifiers with info.
+ * The caller must hold the RTNL lock.
+ */
+void netdev_lower_state_changed(struct net_device *lower_dev,
+				void *lower_state_info)
+{
+	struct netdev_notifier_changelowerstate_info changelowerstate_info;
+
+	ASSERT_RTNL();
+	changelowerstate_info.lower_state_info = lower_state_info;
+	call_netdevice_notifiers_info(NETDEV_CHANGELOWERSTATE, lower_dev,
+				      &changelowerstate_info.info);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_lower_state_changed);
+
 static void dev_change_rx_flags(struct net_device *dev, int flags)
 {
 	const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;