diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/greybus_protocols.h b/drivers/staging/greybus/greybus_protocols.h
index dfee73716df7cc540fee5cd7317ba8d7881bca0d..1a12531944e9d7413181331dca118215a3d032fe 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/greybus_protocols.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/greybus_protocols.h
@@ -1001,6 +1001,7 @@ struct gb_spi_transfer_response {
 #define GB_SVC_TYPE_INTF_UNIPRO_ENABLE		0x25
 #define GB_SVC_TYPE_INTF_UNIPRO_DISABLE		0x26
 #define GB_SVC_TYPE_INTF_ACTIVATE		0x27
+#define GB_SVC_TYPE_INTF_RESUME			0x28
 #define GB_SVC_TYPE_INTF_MAILBOX_EVENT		0x29
 
 /* Greybus SVC protocol status values */
@@ -1321,6 +1322,14 @@ struct gb_svc_intf_activate_response {
 	__u8	intf_type;
 } __packed;
 
+struct gb_svc_intf_resume_request {
+	__u8	intf_id;
+} __packed;
+
+struct gb_svc_intf_resume_response {
+	__u8	status;
+} __packed;
+
 #define GB_SVC_INTF_MAILBOX_NONE		0x00
 #define GB_SVC_INTF_MAILBOX_AP			0x01
 #define GB_SVC_INTF_MAILBOX_GREYBUS		0x02
diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/svc.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/svc.c
index 63d2a53b624f5d85a1e8a80f487ad73865673bd3..a46d7fb0139bf60fb74fd05b58418acc11e0c6f0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/svc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/svc.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 #define SVC_INTF_EJECT_TIMEOUT		9000
 #define SVC_INTF_ACTIVATE_TIMEOUT	6000
+#define SVC_INTF_RESUME_TIMEOUT	3000
 
 struct gb_svc_deferred_request {
 	struct work_struct work;
@@ -354,6 +355,34 @@ int gb_svc_intf_activate(struct gb_svc *svc, u8 intf_id, u8 *intf_type)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int gb_svc_intf_resume(struct gb_svc *svc, u8 intf_id)
+{
+	struct gb_svc_intf_resume_request request;
+	struct gb_svc_intf_resume_response response;
+	int ret;
+
+	request.intf_id = intf_id;
+
+	ret = gb_operation_sync_timeout(svc->connection,
+					GB_SVC_TYPE_INTF_RESUME,
+					&request, sizeof(request),
+					&response, sizeof(response),
+					SVC_INTF_RESUME_TIMEOUT);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		dev_err(&svc->dev, "failed to send interface resume %u: %d\n",
+			intf_id, ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	if (response.status != GB_SVC_OP_SUCCESS) {
+		dev_err(&svc->dev, "failed to resume interface %u: %u\n",
+			intf_id, response.status);
+		return -EREMOTEIO;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int gb_svc_dme_peer_get(struct gb_svc *svc, u8 intf_id, u16 attr, u16 selector,
 			u32 *value)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/svc.h b/drivers/staging/greybus/svc.h
index 7f5e534238bc88b0bf9d1f729bfbb48786773041..750eaff7d0cdb42f7615f84e9ecd40e17aebd60f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/svc.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/svc.h
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ int gb_svc_intf_vsys_set(struct gb_svc *svc, u8 intf_id, bool enable);
 int gb_svc_intf_refclk_set(struct gb_svc *svc, u8 intf_id, bool enable);
 int gb_svc_intf_unipro_set(struct gb_svc *svc, u8 intf_id, bool enable);
 int gb_svc_intf_activate(struct gb_svc *svc, u8 intf_id, u8 *intf_type);
+int gb_svc_intf_resume(struct gb_svc *svc, u8 intf_id);
+
 int gb_svc_dme_peer_get(struct gb_svc *svc, u8 intf_id, u16 attr, u16 selector,
 			u32 *value);
 int gb_svc_dme_peer_set(struct gb_svc *svc, u8 intf_id, u16 attr, u16 selector,