diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-io.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-io.c
index ee93274214d67fa7802d7685c9df10af45b52ba7..5f2df70b73c1b24b054f14d172a85d14aab07413 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-io.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-io.c
@@ -65,6 +65,24 @@ void iwl_clear_bit(struct iwl_trans *trans, u32 reg, u32 mask)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iwl_clear_bit);
 
+void iwl_set_bits_mask(struct iwl_trans *trans, u32 reg, u32 mask, u32 value)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	u32 v;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(value & ~mask);
+#endif
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&trans->reg_lock, flags);
+	v = iwl_read32(trans, reg);
+	v &= ~mask;
+	v |= value;
+	iwl_write32(trans, reg, v);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&trans->reg_lock, flags);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iwl_set_bits_mask);
+
 int iwl_poll_bit(struct iwl_trans *trans, u32 addr,
 		 u32 bits, u32 mask, int timeout)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-io.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-io.h
index abb3250164ba2109bfe3bdc73a2b1826e38d7964..4a9a45f771edf35c051d58abcd481f1620cab14f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-io.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-io.h
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ static inline u32 iwl_read32(struct iwl_trans *trans, u32 ofs)
 void iwl_set_bit(struct iwl_trans *trans, u32 reg, u32 mask);
 void iwl_clear_bit(struct iwl_trans *trans, u32 reg, u32 mask);
 
+void iwl_set_bits_mask(struct iwl_trans *trans, u32 reg, u32 mask, u32 value);
+
 int iwl_poll_bit(struct iwl_trans *trans, u32 addr,
 		 u32 bits, u32 mask, int timeout);
 int iwl_poll_direct_bit(struct iwl_trans *trans, u32 addr, u32 mask,