diff --git a/include/linux/bvec.h b/include/linux/bvec.h
index f9fa43b940ffb8d22d0a8a34f4ccecbd5c5e65b9..0e9bdd42dafb6b9c57877820a170a04f076c8f9e 100644
--- a/include/linux/bvec.h
+++ b/include/linux/bvec.h
@@ -229,4 +229,16 @@ static inline void memzero_bvec(struct bio_vec *bvec)
 	memzero_page(bvec->bv_page, bvec->bv_offset, bvec->bv_len);
 }
 
+/**
+ * bvec_virt - return the virtual address for a bvec
+ * @bvec: bvec to return the virtual address for
+ *
+ * Note: the caller must ensure that @bvec->bv_page is not a highmem page.
+ */
+static inline void *bvec_virt(struct bio_vec *bvec)
+{
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(PageHighMem(bvec->bv_page));
+	return page_address(bvec->bv_page) + bvec->bv_offset;
+}
+
 #endif /* __LINUX_BVEC_H */