diff --git a/include/linux/mii.h b/include/linux/mii.h
index 309de4a3e6e74e09ee25f76a5e244f33b9a9ab07..219b93cad1dde307f2f2f698734e3ca25fe58441 100644
--- a/include/linux/mii.h
+++ b/include/linux/mii.h
@@ -536,6 +536,26 @@ static inline void mii_lpa_mod_linkmode_x(unsigned long *linkmodes, u16 lpa,
 			 lpa & LPA_1000XFULL);
 }
 
+/**
+ * linkmode_adv_to_mii_adv_x - encode a linkmode to config_reg
+ * @linkmodes: linkmodes
+ * @fd_bit: full duplex bit
+ */
+static inline u16 linkmode_adv_to_mii_adv_x(const unsigned long *linkmodes,
+					    int fd_bit)
+{
+	u16 adv = 0;
+
+	if (linkmode_test_bit(fd_bit, linkmodes))
+		adv |= ADVERTISE_1000XFULL;
+	if (linkmode_test_bit(ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_Pause_BIT, linkmodes))
+		adv |= ADVERTISE_1000XPAUSE;
+	if (linkmode_test_bit(ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_Asym_Pause_BIT, linkmodes))
+		adv |= ADVERTISE_1000XPSE_ASYM;
+
+	return adv;
+}
+
 /**
  * mii_advertise_flowctrl - get flow control advertisement flags
  * @cap: Flow control capabilities (FLOW_CTRL_RX, FLOW_CTRL_TX or both)