diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 4682c35a92c4c2be5e016af042b0c2471ff93f76..57c9fddc2acf41514a067622e33cf418d3b3d9a6 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -3337,6 +3337,14 @@ int cfg80211_can_beacon_sec_chan(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 				 struct ieee80211_channel *chan,
 				 enum nl80211_channel_type channel_type);
 
+/*
+ * cfg80211_calculate_bitrate - calculate actual bitrate (in 100Kbps units)
+ * @rate: given rate_info to calculate bitrate from
+ *
+ * return 0 if MCS index >= 32
+ */
+u16 cfg80211_calculate_bitrate(struct rate_info *rate);
+
 /* Logging, debugging and troubleshooting/diagnostic helpers. */
 
 /* wiphy_printk helpers, similar to dev_printk */
diff --git a/net/wireless/util.c b/net/wireless/util.c
index 9aa9db6c81411ddfcd77c34de8128fcd57e2e5d2..1b7a08df933c79bf4ffe62455747464468c84bdb 100644
--- a/net/wireless/util.c
+++ b/net/wireless/util.c
@@ -904,6 +904,7 @@ u16 cfg80211_calculate_bitrate(struct rate_info *rate)
 	/* do NOT round down here */
 	return (bitrate + 50000) / 100000;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_calculate_bitrate);
 
 int cfg80211_validate_beacon_int(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 				 u32 beacon_int)