diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index a2678d35b5a2..c7bfac1c4a7b 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ extern void disable_irq(unsigned int irq);
 extern void disable_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq);
 extern void enable_irq(unsigned int irq);
 extern void enable_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, unsigned int type);
+extern void irq_wake_thread(unsigned int irq, void *dev_id);
 
 /* The following three functions are for the core kernel use only. */
 extern void suspend_device_irqs(void);
diff --git a/kernel/irq/handle.c b/kernel/irq/handle.c
index 131ca176b497..bfec453557b4 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/handle.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/handle.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static void warn_no_thread(unsigned int irq, struct irqaction *action)
 	       "but no thread function available.", irq, action->name);
 }
 
-static void irq_wake_thread(struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *action)
+void __irq_wake_thread(struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *action)
 {
 	/*
 	 * In case the thread crashed and was killed we just pretend that
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ handle_irq_event_percpu(struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *action)
 				break;
 			}
 
-			irq_wake_thread(desc, action);
+			__irq_wake_thread(desc, action);
 
 			/* Fall through to add to randomness */
 		case IRQ_HANDLED:
diff --git a/kernel/irq/internals.h b/kernel/irq/internals.h
index 001fa5bab490..d61ac29e32d0 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/internals.h
+++ b/kernel/irq/internals.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ irqreturn_t handle_irq_event(struct irq_desc *desc);
 /* Resending of interrupts :*/
 void check_irq_resend(struct irq_desc *desc, unsigned int irq);
 bool irq_wait_for_poll(struct irq_desc *desc);
+void __irq_wake_thread(struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *action);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 extern void register_irq_proc(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc);
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 274ba9238fb7..54eb5c99351b 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -911,6 +911,33 @@ static int irq_thread(void *data)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ *	irq_wake_thread - wake the irq thread for the action identified by dev_id
+ *	@irq:		Interrupt line
+ *	@dev_id:	Device identity for which the thread should be woken
+ *
+ */
+void irq_wake_thread(unsigned int irq, void *dev_id)
+{
+	struct irq_desc *desc = irq_to_desc(irq);
+	struct irqaction *action;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	if (!desc || WARN_ON(irq_settings_is_per_cpu_devid(desc)))
+		return;
+
+	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&desc->lock, flags);
+	for (action = desc->action; action; action = action->next) {
+		if (action->dev_id == dev_id) {
+			if (action->thread)
+				__irq_wake_thread(desc, action);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock, flags);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(irq_wake_thread);
+
 static void irq_setup_forced_threading(struct irqaction *new)
 {
 	if (!force_irqthreads)