diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c b/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c
index e16c0b234cc9959cc4784fd21f24891f31b6e4a2..176f1257b6643dcac7152fb11b106709fd847f6c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ int usb_serial_generic_submit_read_urb(struct usb_serial_port *port,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_serial_generic_submit_read_urb);
 
-static void usb_serial_generic_process_read_urb(struct urb *urb)
+void usb_serial_generic_process_read_urb(struct urb *urb)
 {
 	struct usb_serial_port *port = urb->context;
 	struct tty_struct *tty;
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ static void usb_serial_generic_process_read_urb(struct urb *urb)
 	tty_flip_buffer_push(tty);
 	tty_kref_put(tty);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_serial_generic_process_read_urb);
 
 void usb_serial_generic_read_bulk_callback(struct urb *urb)
 {
@@ -451,7 +452,7 @@ void usb_serial_generic_read_bulk_callback(struct urb *urb)
 
 	usb_serial_debug_data(debug, &port->dev, __func__,
 						urb->actual_length, data);
-	usb_serial_generic_process_read_urb(urb);
+	port->serial->type->process_read_urb(urb);
 
 	/* Throttle the device if requested by tty */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
index 538924627eba09218b397fdb70e3e3cdac8f51a1..1b924425089f3d4baf91a61b3c305d1c1bfd587a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
@@ -1298,6 +1298,7 @@ static void fixup_generic(struct usb_serial_driver *device)
 	set_to_generic_if_null(device, write_bulk_callback);
 	set_to_generic_if_null(device, disconnect);
 	set_to_generic_if_null(device, release);
+	set_to_generic_if_null(device, process_read_urb);
 }
 
 int usb_serial_register(struct usb_serial_driver *driver)
diff --git a/include/linux/usb/serial.h b/include/linux/usb/serial.h
index 53f6dc65e87eca75d3b831225150c1e22e500c34..ff8872eba3ac73073d4d7995afd10fc92fca85c8 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb/serial.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb/serial.h
@@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ struct usb_serial_driver {
 	void (*write_int_callback)(struct urb *urb);
 	void (*read_bulk_callback)(struct urb *urb);
 	void (*write_bulk_callback)(struct urb *urb);
+	/* Called by the generic read bulk callback */
+	void (*process_read_urb)(struct urb *urb);
 };
 #define to_usb_serial_driver(d) \
 	container_of(d, struct usb_serial_driver, driver)
@@ -323,6 +325,7 @@ extern int usb_serial_generic_register(int debug);
 extern void usb_serial_generic_deregister(void);
 extern int usb_serial_generic_submit_read_urb(struct usb_serial_port *port,
 						 gfp_t mem_flags);
+extern void usb_serial_generic_process_read_urb(struct urb *urb);
 extern int usb_serial_handle_sysrq_char(struct tty_struct *tty,
 					struct usb_serial_port *port,
 					unsigned int ch);