diff --git a/include/linux/msi.h b/include/linux/msi.h
index 703221f7e9ea..bbb8c1e2c18b 100644
--- a/include/linux/msi.h
+++ b/include/linux/msi.h
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ static inline void pci_write_msi_msg(unsigned int irq, struct msi_msg *msg)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PCI_MSI */
 
+int msi_add_msi_desc(struct device *dev, struct msi_desc *init_desc);
+
 struct msi_desc *alloc_msi_entry(struct device *dev, int nvec,
 				 const struct irq_affinity_desc *affinity);
 void free_msi_entry(struct msi_desc *entry);
diff --git a/kernel/irq/msi.c b/kernel/irq/msi.c
index bc67b2cafc9d..6ffe75eeba59 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/msi.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/msi.c
@@ -60,6 +60,65 @@ void free_msi_entry(struct msi_desc *entry)
 	kfree(entry);
 }
 
+/**
+ * msi_add_msi_desc - Allocate and initialize a MSI descriptor
+ * @dev:	Pointer to the device for which the descriptor is allocated
+ * @init_desc:	Pointer to an MSI descriptor to initialize the new descriptor
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success or an appropriate failure code.
+ */
+int msi_add_msi_desc(struct device *dev, struct msi_desc *init_desc)
+{
+	struct msi_desc *desc;
+
+	lockdep_assert_held(&dev->msi.data->mutex);
+
+	desc = alloc_msi_entry(dev, init_desc->nvec_used, init_desc->affinity);
+	if (!desc)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* Copy the MSI index and type specific data to the new descriptor. */
+	desc->msi_index = init_desc->msi_index;
+	desc->pci = init_desc->pci;
+
+	list_add_tail(&desc->list, &dev->msi.data->list);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * msi_add_simple_msi_descs - Allocate and initialize MSI descriptors
+ * @dev:	Pointer to the device for which the descriptors are allocated
+ * @index:	Index for the first MSI descriptor
+ * @ndesc:	Number of descriptors to allocate
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success or an appropriate failure code.
+ */
+static int msi_add_simple_msi_descs(struct device *dev, unsigned int index, unsigned int ndesc)
+{
+	struct msi_desc *desc, *tmp;
+	LIST_HEAD(list);
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	lockdep_assert_held(&dev->msi.data->mutex);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ndesc; i++) {
+		desc = alloc_msi_entry(dev, 1, NULL);
+		if (!desc)
+			goto fail;
+		desc->msi_index = index + i;
+		list_add_tail(&desc->list, &list);
+	}
+	list_splice_tail(&list, &dev->msi.data->list);
+	return 0;
+
+fail:
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(desc, tmp, &list, list) {
+		list_del(&desc->list);
+		free_msi_entry(desc);
+	}
+	return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
 void __get_cached_msi_msg(struct msi_desc *entry, struct msi_msg *msg)
 {
 	*msg = entry->msg;