diff --git a/include/crypto/sha.h b/include/crypto/sha.h
index 10753ff71d46da26de69f80dc1c1b46c8104d2da..4ff3da816630d79ebd424d7f83c5712da2e223ab 100644
--- a/include/crypto/sha.h
+++ b/include/crypto/sha.h
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ static inline void sha256_init(struct sha256_state *sctx)
 }
 void sha256_update(struct sha256_state *sctx, const u8 *data, unsigned int len);
 void sha256_final(struct sha256_state *sctx, u8 *out);
+void sha256(const u8 *data, unsigned int len, u8 *out);
 
 static inline void sha224_init(struct sha256_state *sctx)
 {
diff --git a/lib/crypto/sha256.c b/lib/crypto/sha256.c
index 2e621697c5c35c2769ce179e8d08da7aa987c1c5..2321f6cb322f7c96a638b938ff7c59c37cbd558e 100644
--- a/lib/crypto/sha256.c
+++ b/lib/crypto/sha256.c
@@ -280,4 +280,14 @@ void sha224_final(struct sha256_state *sctx, u8 *out)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sha224_final);
 
+void sha256(const u8 *data, unsigned int len, u8 *out)
+{
+	struct sha256_state sctx;
+
+	sha256_init(&sctx);
+	sha256_update(&sctx, data, len);
+	sha256_final(&sctx, out);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sha256);
+
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");