diff --git a/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h b/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h
index b011eeea28c3557611e5f30f1d1e0cafde2934b7..a7d06d7da602dc50cd409b6e1bde30bbb5c779f0 100644
--- a/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h
+++ b/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h
@@ -1224,10 +1224,21 @@ static inline void hci_set_drvdata(struct hci_dev *hdev, void *data)
 	dev_set_drvdata(&hdev->dev, data);
 }
 
+static inline void *hci_get_priv(struct hci_dev *hdev)
+{
+	return (char *)hdev + sizeof(*hdev);
+}
+
 struct hci_dev *hci_dev_get(int index);
 struct hci_dev *hci_get_route(bdaddr_t *dst, bdaddr_t *src, u8 src_type);
 
-struct hci_dev *hci_alloc_dev(void);
+struct hci_dev *hci_alloc_dev_priv(int sizeof_priv);
+
+static inline struct hci_dev *hci_alloc_dev(void)
+{
+	return hci_alloc_dev_priv(0);
+}
+
 void hci_free_dev(struct hci_dev *hdev);
 int hci_register_dev(struct hci_dev *hdev);
 void hci_unregister_dev(struct hci_dev *hdev);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
index 2b78e1336c53e28e6cfb59009056312fdd27cf8d..cb2e9e513907823440a8cfcd400b26b3c6568a19 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
@@ -3751,11 +3751,18 @@ static int hci_suspend_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action,
 }
 
 /* Alloc HCI device */
-struct hci_dev *hci_alloc_dev(void)
+struct hci_dev *hci_alloc_dev_priv(int sizeof_priv)
 {
 	struct hci_dev *hdev;
+	unsigned int alloc_size;
 
-	hdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*hdev), GFP_KERNEL);
+	alloc_size = sizeof(*hdev);
+	if (sizeof_priv) {
+		/* Fixme: May need ALIGN-ment? */
+		alloc_size += sizeof_priv;
+	}
+
+	hdev = kzalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!hdev)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -3869,7 +3876,7 @@ struct hci_dev *hci_alloc_dev(void)
 
 	return hdev;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(hci_alloc_dev);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(hci_alloc_dev_priv);
 
 /* Free HCI device */
 void hci_free_dev(struct hci_dev *hdev)