diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
index dd765e176cdd..7a69e4bbe877 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
@@ -1990,6 +1990,36 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ib_resize_cq);
 
 /* Memory regions */
 
+struct ib_mr *ib_reg_user_mr(struct ib_pd *pd, u64 start, u64 length,
+			     u64 virt_addr, int access_flags)
+{
+	struct ib_mr *mr;
+
+	if (access_flags & IB_ACCESS_ON_DEMAND) {
+		if (!(pd->device->attrs.device_cap_flags &
+		      IB_DEVICE_ON_DEMAND_PAGING)) {
+			pr_debug("ODP support not available\n");
+			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+		}
+	}
+
+	mr = pd->device->ops.reg_user_mr(pd, start, length, virt_addr,
+					 access_flags, NULL);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(mr))
+		return mr;
+
+	mr->device = pd->device;
+	mr->pd = pd;
+	mr->dm = NULL;
+	atomic_inc(&pd->usecnt);
+	mr->res.type = RDMA_RESTRACK_MR;
+	rdma_restrack_kadd(&mr->res);
+
+	return mr;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ib_reg_user_mr);
+
 int ib_dereg_mr_user(struct ib_mr *mr, struct ib_udata *udata)
 {
 	struct ib_pd *pd = mr->pd;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/efa/efa_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/efa/efa_verbs.c
index 5c35aa72f515..4822f5fa12be 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/efa/efa_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/efa/efa_verbs.c
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ struct ib_mr *efa_reg_mr(struct ib_pd *ibpd, u64 start, u64 length,
 	int inline_size;
 	int err;
 
-	if (udata->inlen &&
+	if (udata && udata->inlen &&
 	    !ib_is_udata_cleared(udata, 0, sizeof(udata->inlen))) {
 		ibdev_dbg(&dev->ibdev,
 			  "Incompatible ABI params, udata not cleared\n");
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_verbs.c
index 96488fb443eb..c335de91508f 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_verbs.c
@@ -1756,6 +1756,9 @@ static struct ib_mr *i40iw_reg_user_mr(struct ib_pd *pd,
 	int ret;
 	int pg_shift;
 
+	if (!udata)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP);
+
 	if (iwdev->closing)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 
diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
index 5608e14e3aad..170d5ec95b79 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
@@ -4153,6 +4153,12 @@ static inline void ib_dma_free_coherent(struct ib_device *dev,
 	dma_free_coherent(dev->dma_device, size, cpu_addr, dma_handle);
 }
 
+/* ib_reg_user_mr - register a memory region for virtual addresses from kernel
+ * space. This function should be called when 'current' is the owning MM.
+ */
+struct ib_mr *ib_reg_user_mr(struct ib_pd *pd, u64 start, u64 length,
+			     u64 virt_addr, int mr_access_flags);
+
 /**
  * ib_dereg_mr_user - Deregisters a memory region and removes it from the
  *   HCA translation table.