diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 4c52907a6d8b..89a0b8e5a952 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ static inline char * __deprecated pack_hex_byte(char *buf, u8 byte)
 
 extern int hex_to_bin(char ch);
 extern int __must_check hex2bin(u8 *dst, const char *src, size_t count);
+extern char *bin2hex(char *dst, const void *src, size_t count);
 
 int mac_pton(const char *s, u8 *mac);
 
diff --git a/lib/hexdump.c b/lib/hexdump.c
index 8499c810909a..270773b91923 100644
--- a/lib/hexdump.c
+++ b/lib/hexdump.c
@@ -58,6 +58,22 @@ int hex2bin(u8 *dst, const char *src, size_t count)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(hex2bin);
 
+/**
+ * bin2hex - convert binary data to an ascii hexadecimal string
+ * @dst: ascii hexadecimal result
+ * @src: binary data
+ * @count: binary data length
+ */
+char *bin2hex(char *dst, const void *src, size_t count)
+{
+	const unsigned char *_src = src;
+
+	while (count--)
+		dst = hex_byte_pack(dst, *_src++);
+	return dst;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bin2hex);
+
 /**
  * hex_dump_to_buffer - convert a blob of data to "hex ASCII" in memory
  * @buf: data blob to dump