diff --git a/include/linux/crc32.h b/include/linux/crc32.h
index 68267b64bb983cd103a34f499f6474ef5c4ef2e3..7d275c4fc01108f508edc2da38a6c60500cd331c 100644
--- a/include/linux/crc32.h
+++ b/include/linux/crc32.h
@@ -11,8 +11,48 @@
 extern u32  crc32_le(u32 crc, unsigned char const *p, size_t len);
 extern u32  crc32_be(u32 crc, unsigned char const *p, size_t len);
 
+/**
+ * crc32_le_combine - Combine two crc32 check values into one. For two
+ * 		      sequences of bytes, seq1 and seq2 with lengths len1
+ * 		      and len2, crc32_le() check values were calculated
+ * 		      for each, crc1 and crc2.
+ *
+ * @crc1: crc32 of the first block
+ * @crc2: crc32 of the second block
+ * @len2: length of the second block
+ *
+ * Return: The crc32_le() check value of seq1 and seq2 concatenated,
+ * 	   requiring only crc1, crc2, and len2. Note: If seq_full denotes
+ * 	   the concatenated memory area of seq1 with seq2, and crc_full
+ * 	   the crc32_le() value of seq_full, then crc_full ==
+ * 	   crc32_le_combine(crc1, crc2, len2) when crc_full was seeded
+ * 	   with the same initializer as crc1, and crc2 seed was 0. See
+ * 	   also crc32_combine_test().
+ */
+extern u32  crc32_le_combine(u32 crc1, u32 crc2, size_t len2);
+
 extern u32  __crc32c_le(u32 crc, unsigned char const *p, size_t len);
 
+/**
+ * __crc32c_le_combine - Combine two crc32c check values into one. For two
+ * 			 sequences of bytes, seq1 and seq2 with lengths len1
+ * 			 and len2, __crc32c_le() check values were calculated
+ * 			 for each, crc1 and crc2.
+ *
+ * @crc1: crc32c of the first block
+ * @crc2: crc32c of the second block
+ * @len2: length of the second block
+ *
+ * Return: The __crc32c_le() check value of seq1 and seq2 concatenated,
+ * 	   requiring only crc1, crc2, and len2. Note: If seq_full denotes
+ * 	   the concatenated memory area of seq1 with seq2, and crc_full
+ * 	   the __crc32c_le() value of seq_full, then crc_full ==
+ * 	   __crc32c_le_combine(crc1, crc2, len2) when crc_full was
+ * 	   seeded with the same initializer as crc1, and crc2 seed
+ * 	   was 0. See also crc32c_combine_test().
+ */
+extern u32  __crc32c_le_combine(u32 crc1, u32 crc2, size_t len2);
+
 #define crc32(seed, data, length)  crc32_le(seed, (unsigned char const *)(data), length)
 
 /*
diff --git a/lib/crc32.c b/lib/crc32.c
index 429d61ce6aa09ef1b14b04c1b8488d15c37c89d2..595205cddc307d01dc6bc78edba1417b897b4eb6 100644
--- a/lib/crc32.c
+++ b/lib/crc32.c
@@ -49,6 +49,30 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Various CRC32 calculations");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
+#define GF2_DIM		32
+
+static u32 gf2_matrix_times(u32 *mat, u32 vec)
+{
+	u32 sum = 0;
+
+	while (vec) {
+		if (vec & 1)
+			sum ^= *mat;
+		vec >>= 1;
+		mat++;
+	}
+
+	return sum;
+}
+
+static void gf2_matrix_square(u32 *square, u32 *mat)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < GF2_DIM; i++)
+		square[i] = gf2_matrix_times(mat, mat[i]);
+}
+
 #if CRC_LE_BITS > 8 || CRC_BE_BITS > 8
 
 /* implements slicing-by-4 or slicing-by-8 algorithm */
@@ -130,6 +154,52 @@ crc32_body(u32 crc, unsigned char const *buf, size_t len, const u32 (*tab)[256])
 }
 #endif
 
+/* For conditions of distribution and use, see copyright notice in zlib.h */
+static u32 crc32_generic_combine(u32 crc1, u32 crc2, size_t len2,
+				 u32 polynomial)
+{
+	u32 even[GF2_DIM]; /* Even-power-of-two zeros operator */
+	u32 odd[GF2_DIM];  /* Odd-power-of-two zeros operator  */
+	u32 row;
+	int i;
+
+	if (len2 <= 0)
+		return crc1;
+
+	/* Put operator for one zero bit in odd */
+	odd[0] = polynomial;
+	row = 1;
+	for (i = 1; i < GF2_DIM; i++) {
+		odd[i] = row;
+		row <<= 1;
+	}
+
+	gf2_matrix_square(even, odd); /* Put operator for two zero bits in even */
+	gf2_matrix_square(odd, even); /* Put operator for four zero bits in odd */
+
+	/* Apply len2 zeros to crc1 (first square will put the operator for one
+	 * zero byte, eight zero bits, in even).
+	 */
+	do {
+		/* Apply zeros operator for this bit of len2 */
+		gf2_matrix_square(even, odd);
+		if (len2 & 1)
+			crc1 = gf2_matrix_times(even, crc1);
+		len2 >>= 1;
+		/* If no more bits set, then done */
+		if (len2 == 0)
+			break;
+		/* Another iteration of the loop with odd and even swapped */
+		gf2_matrix_square(odd, even);
+		if (len2 & 1)
+			crc1 = gf2_matrix_times(odd, crc1);
+		len2 >>= 1;
+	} while (len2 != 0);
+
+	crc1 ^= crc2;
+	return crc1;
+}
+
 /**
  * crc32_le_generic() - Calculate bitwise little-endian Ethernet AUTODIN II
  *			CRC32/CRC32C
@@ -200,8 +270,19 @@ u32 __pure __crc32c_le(u32 crc, unsigned char const *p, size_t len)
 			(const u32 (*)[256])crc32ctable_le, CRC32C_POLY_LE);
 }
 #endif
+u32 __pure crc32_le_combine(u32 crc1, u32 crc2, size_t len2)
+{
+	return crc32_generic_combine(crc1, crc2, len2, CRCPOLY_LE);
+}
+
+u32 __pure __crc32c_le_combine(u32 crc1, u32 crc2, size_t len2)
+{
+	return crc32_generic_combine(crc1, crc2, len2, CRC32C_POLY_LE);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(crc32_le);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(crc32_le_combine);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__crc32c_le);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__crc32c_le_combine);
 
 /**
  * crc32_be_generic() - Calculate bitwise big-endian Ethernet AUTODIN II CRC32