diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c b/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c
index 18bc74e20fe1561e94d1c0e53420bfc7697d093d..5e55761b2cb8934c09365aecb5329311d60859b5 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c
@@ -476,6 +476,33 @@ int usb_serial_generic_tiocmiwait(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned long arg)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_serial_generic_tiocmiwait);
 
+int usb_serial_generic_get_icount(struct tty_struct *tty,
+					struct serial_icounter_struct *icount)
+{
+	struct usb_serial_port *port = tty->driver_data;
+	struct async_icount cnow;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
+	cnow = port->icount;				/* atomic copy */
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
+
+	icount->cts = cnow.cts;
+	icount->dsr = cnow.dsr;
+	icount->rng = cnow.rng;
+	icount->dcd = cnow.dcd;
+	icount->tx = cnow.tx;
+	icount->rx = cnow.rx;
+	icount->frame = cnow.frame;
+	icount->parity = cnow.parity;
+	icount->overrun = cnow.overrun;
+	icount->brk = cnow.brk;
+	icount->buf_overrun = cnow.buf_overrun;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_serial_generic_get_icount);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ
 int usb_serial_handle_sysrq_char(struct usb_serial_port *port, unsigned int ch)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/usb/serial.h b/include/linux/usb/serial.h
index 47c8d2c506c8fd2709fdb01815b8b832b88be0b9..c786ee7fca8f553ccc6e71149b990a3ab8fc5b38 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb/serial.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb/serial.h
@@ -335,6 +335,8 @@ extern void usb_serial_generic_throttle(struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern void usb_serial_generic_unthrottle(struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern int usb_serial_generic_tiocmiwait(struct tty_struct *tty,
 							unsigned long arg);
+extern int usb_serial_generic_get_icount(struct tty_struct *tty,
+					struct serial_icounter_struct *icount);
 extern int usb_serial_generic_register(void);
 extern void usb_serial_generic_deregister(void);
 extern int usb_serial_generic_submit_read_urbs(struct usb_serial_port *port,