diff --git a/include/linux/mempool.h b/include/linux/mempool.h
index 0c964ac107c2c443d7b68cf33bd9d90a9be1c23a..4aae6c06c5f283d4abbcf213b309f834af0f03e0 100644
--- a/include/linux/mempool.h
+++ b/include/linux/mempool.h
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ static inline bool mempool_initialized(mempool_t *pool)
 	return pool->elements != NULL;
 }
 
+static inline bool mempool_is_saturated(mempool_t *pool)
+{
+	return READ_ONCE(pool->curr_nr) >= pool->min_nr;
+}
+
 void mempool_exit(mempool_t *pool);
 int mempool_init_node(mempool_t *pool, int min_nr, mempool_alloc_t *alloc_fn,
 		      mempool_free_t *free_fn, void *pool_data,