diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/udc-core.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/udc-core.c
index ad1ceac1546829be9ec919de99815dac00b9a0ba..16d3f6fedd1c8bdcc6ee46d586a4f4757abd89ce 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/udc-core.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/udc-core.c
@@ -106,6 +106,22 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_gadget_unmap_request);
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
+/**
+ * usb_gadget_giveback_request - give the request back to the gadget layer
+ * Context: in_interrupt()
+ *
+ * This is called by device controller drivers in order to return the
+ * completed request back to the gadget layer.
+ */
+void usb_gadget_giveback_request(struct usb_ep *ep,
+		struct usb_request *req)
+{
+	req->complete(ep, req);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_gadget_giveback_request);
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
 static void usb_gadget_state_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct usb_gadget	*gadget = work_to_gadget(work);
diff --git a/include/linux/usb/gadget.h b/include/linux/usb/gadget.h
index d18811433324b4c36538e11f1cbb74e0f098fe49..522cafe26790b5e27ec1dedfed113d90104948b0 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb/gadget.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb/gadget.h
@@ -1023,6 +1023,14 @@ extern void usb_gadget_udc_reset(struct usb_gadget *gadget,
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
+/* utility to give requests back to the gadget layer */
+
+extern void usb_gadget_giveback_request(struct usb_ep *ep,
+		struct usb_request *req);
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
 /* utility wrapping a simple endpoint selection policy */
 
 extern struct usb_ep *usb_ep_autoconfig(struct usb_gadget *,