diff --git a/include/net/nfc/nci_core.h b/include/net/nfc/nci_core.h
index 6126f1f992b40068923771cf0a7967395f88017e..5c6fadd634833b7ec5912ccc9e87d752b878db61 100644
--- a/include/net/nfc/nci_core.h
+++ b/include/net/nfc/nci_core.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ struct nci_ops {
 	int (*open)(struct nci_dev *ndev);
 	int (*close)(struct nci_dev *ndev);
 	int (*send)(struct nci_dev *ndev, struct sk_buff *skb);
+	int (*setup)(struct nci_dev *ndev);
 };
 
 #define NCI_MAX_SUPPORTED_RF_INTERFACES		4
diff --git a/net/nfc/nci/core.c b/net/nfc/nci/core.c
index 6fbb7bab46e719f2193037911dbe9bf49a5926d6..29c1caf3e975447eb270e11b967aba085bd72b32 100644
--- a/net/nfc/nci/core.c
+++ b/net/nfc/nci/core.c
@@ -301,6 +301,9 @@ static int nci_open_device(struct nci_dev *ndev)
 	rc = __nci_request(ndev, nci_reset_req, 0,
 			   msecs_to_jiffies(NCI_RESET_TIMEOUT));
 
+	if (ndev->ops->setup(ndev))
+		ndev->ops->setup(ndev);
+
 	if (!rc) {
 		rc = __nci_request(ndev, nci_init_req, 0,
 				   msecs_to_jiffies(NCI_INIT_TIMEOUT));