diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c b/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c
index 297665fdd16d..ba45170c78e5 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c
@@ -253,6 +253,37 @@ int usb_serial_generic_chars_in_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_serial_generic_chars_in_buffer);
 
+void usb_serial_generic_wait_until_sent(struct tty_struct *tty, long timeout)
+{
+	struct usb_serial_port *port = tty->driver_data;
+	unsigned int bps;
+	unsigned long period;
+	unsigned long expire;
+
+	bps = tty_get_baud_rate(tty);
+	if (!bps)
+		bps = 9600;	/* B0 */
+	/*
+	 * Use a poll-period of roughly the time it takes to send one
+	 * character or at least one jiffy.
+	 */
+	period = max_t(unsigned long, (10 * HZ / bps), 1);
+	period = min_t(unsigned long, period, timeout);
+
+	dev_dbg(&port->dev, "%s - timeout = %u ms, period = %u ms\n",
+					__func__, jiffies_to_msecs(timeout),
+					jiffies_to_msecs(period));
+	expire = jiffies + timeout;
+	while (!port->serial->type->tx_empty(port)) {
+		schedule_timeout_interruptible(period);
+		if (signal_pending(current))
+			break;
+		if (time_after(jiffies, expire))
+			break;
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_serial_generic_wait_until_sent);
+
 static int usb_serial_generic_submit_read_urb(struct usb_serial_port *port,
 						int index, gfp_t mem_flags)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
index 31d27686151f..60caf9cb99f4 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
@@ -1333,6 +1333,8 @@ static void usb_serial_operations_init(struct usb_serial_driver *device)
 	set_to_generic_if_null(device, close);
 	set_to_generic_if_null(device, write_room);
 	set_to_generic_if_null(device, chars_in_buffer);
+	if (device->tx_empty)
+		set_to_generic_if_null(device, wait_until_sent);
 	set_to_generic_if_null(device, read_bulk_callback);
 	set_to_generic_if_null(device, write_bulk_callback);
 	set_to_generic_if_null(device, process_read_urb);
diff --git a/include/linux/usb/serial.h b/include/linux/usb/serial.h
index afbb7eeaac5f..302ddf55d2da 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb/serial.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb/serial.h
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ struct usb_serial_driver {
 	void (*break_ctl)(struct tty_struct *tty, int break_state);
 	int  (*chars_in_buffer)(struct tty_struct *tty);
 	void (*wait_until_sent)(struct tty_struct *tty, long timeout);
+	bool (*tx_empty)(struct usb_serial_port *port);
 	void (*throttle)(struct tty_struct *tty);
 	void (*unthrottle)(struct tty_struct *tty);
 	int  (*tiocmget)(struct tty_struct *tty);
@@ -328,6 +329,8 @@ extern void usb_serial_generic_close(struct usb_serial_port *port);
 extern int usb_serial_generic_resume(struct usb_serial *serial);
 extern int usb_serial_generic_write_room(struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern int usb_serial_generic_chars_in_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty);
+extern void usb_serial_generic_wait_until_sent(struct tty_struct *tty,
+								long timeout);
 extern void usb_serial_generic_read_bulk_callback(struct urb *urb);
 extern void usb_serial_generic_write_bulk_callback(struct urb *urb);
 extern void usb_serial_generic_throttle(struct tty_struct *tty);