diff --git a/include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h b/include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h
index 5f51bef13e61..ed6e9552252e 100644
--- a/include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h
+++ b/include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h
@@ -260,12 +260,22 @@ struct l2cap_ctrl {
 	__u8		retries;
 };
 
+struct hci_dev;
+
+typedef void (*hci_req_complete_t)(struct hci_dev *hdev, u8 status);
+
+struct hci_req_ctrl {
+	bool			start;
+	hci_req_complete_t	complete;
+};
+
 struct bt_skb_cb {
 	__u8 pkt_type;
 	__u8 incoming;
 	__u16 expect;
 	__u8 force_active;
 	struct l2cap_ctrl control;
+	struct hci_req_ctrl req;
 };
 #define bt_cb(skb) ((struct bt_skb_cb *)((skb)->cb))
 
diff --git a/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h b/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h
index 787d3b9bbd58..7191217c6bd1 100644
--- a/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h
+++ b/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h
@@ -1041,6 +1041,14 @@ static inline u16 eir_append_data(u8 *eir, u16 eir_len, u8 type, u8 *data,
 int hci_register_cb(struct hci_cb *hcb);
 int hci_unregister_cb(struct hci_cb *hcb);
 
+struct hci_request {
+	struct hci_dev		*hdev;
+	struct sk_buff_head	cmd_q;
+};
+
+void hci_req_init(struct hci_request *req, struct hci_dev *hdev);
+int hci_req_run(struct hci_request *req, hci_req_complete_t complete);
+
 int hci_send_cmd(struct hci_dev *hdev, __u16 opcode, __u32 plen, void *param);
 void hci_send_acl(struct hci_chan *chan, struct sk_buff *skb, __u16 flags);
 void hci_send_sco(struct hci_conn *conn, struct sk_buff *skb);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
index 6ab38fecf1fe..94b08aa9a081 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
@@ -2439,6 +2439,36 @@ static int hci_send_frame(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return hdev->send(skb);
 }
 
+void hci_req_init(struct hci_request *req, struct hci_dev *hdev)
+{
+	skb_queue_head_init(&req->cmd_q);
+	req->hdev = hdev;
+}
+
+int hci_req_run(struct hci_request *req, hci_req_complete_t complete)
+{
+	struct hci_dev *hdev = req->hdev;
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	BT_DBG("length %u", skb_queue_len(&req->cmd_q));
+
+	/* Do not allow empty requests */
+	if (skb_queue_empty(&req->cmd_q))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	skb = skb_peek_tail(&req->cmd_q);
+	bt_cb(skb)->req.complete = complete;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&hdev->cmd_q.lock, flags);
+	skb_queue_splice_tail(&req->cmd_q, &hdev->cmd_q);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hdev->cmd_q.lock, flags);
+
+	queue_work(hdev->workqueue, &hdev->cmd_work);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* Send HCI command */
 int hci_send_cmd(struct hci_dev *hdev, __u16 opcode, __u32 plen, void *param)
 {