diff --git a/include/linux/cpumask.h b/include/linux/cpumask.h
index d08e4d2a9b92..3551d667ef9f 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpumask.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpumask.h
@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ static inline void cpumask_set_cpu(unsigned int cpu, struct cpumask *dstp)
 	set_bit(cpumask_check(cpu), cpumask_bits(dstp));
 }
 
+int cpumask_set_cpu_local_first(int i, int numa_node, cpumask_t *dstp);
+
 /**
  * cpumask_clear_cpu - clear a cpu in a cpumask
  * @cpu: cpu number (< nr_cpu_ids)
diff --git a/lib/cpumask.c b/lib/cpumask.c
index b810b753c607..14049a96f04a 100644
--- a/lib/cpumask.c
+++ b/lib/cpumask.c
@@ -163,4 +163,68 @@ void __init free_bootmem_cpumask_var(cpumask_var_t mask)
 {
 	memblock_free_early(__pa(mask), cpumask_size());
 }
+
+/**
+ * cpumask_set_cpu_local_first - set i'th cpu with local numa cpu's first
+ *
+ * @i: index number
+ * @numa_node: local numa_node
+ * @dstp: cpumask with the relevant cpu bit set according to the policy
+ *
+ * This function sets the cpumask according to a numa aware policy.
+ * cpumask could be used as an affinity hint for the IRQ related to a
+ * queue. When the policy is to spread queues across cores - local cores
+ * first.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, -ENOMEM for no memory, and -EAGAIN when failed to set
+ * the cpu bit and need to re-call the function.
+ */
+int cpumask_set_cpu_local_first(int i, int numa_node, cpumask_t *dstp)
+{
+	cpumask_var_t mask;
+	int cpu;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&mask, GFP_KERNEL))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	i %= num_online_cpus();
+
+	if (!cpumask_of_node(numa_node)) {
+		/* Use all online cpu's for non numa aware system */
+		cpumask_copy(mask, cpu_online_mask);
+	} else {
+		int n;
+
+		cpumask_and(mask,
+			    cpumask_of_node(numa_node), cpu_online_mask);
+
+		n = cpumask_weight(mask);
+		if (i >= n) {
+			i -= n;
+
+			/* If index > number of local cpu's, mask out local
+			 * cpu's
+			 */
+			cpumask_andnot(mask, cpu_online_mask, mask);
+		}
+	}
+
+	for_each_cpu(cpu, mask) {
+		if (--i < 0)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = -EAGAIN;
+
+out:
+	free_cpumask_var(mask);
+
+	if (!ret)
+		cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, dstp);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpumask_set_cpu_local_first);
+
 #endif