diff --git a/include/linux/smp.h b/include/linux/smp.h
index 34347f26be9b..93dff5fff524 100644
--- a/include/linux/smp.h
+++ b/include/linux/smp.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ int smp_call_function_any(const struct cpumask *mask,
 			  smp_call_func_t func, void *info, int wait);
 
 void kick_all_cpus_sync(void);
+void wake_up_all_idle_cpus(void);
 
 /*
  * Generic and arch helpers
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ smp_call_function_any(const struct cpumask *mask, smp_call_func_t func,
 }
 
 static inline void kick_all_cpus_sync(void) {  }
+static inline void wake_up_all_idle_cpus(void) {  }
 
 #endif /* !SMP */
 
diff --git a/kernel/smp.c b/kernel/smp.c
index aff8aa14f547..9e0d0b289118 100644
--- a/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/kernel/smp.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
 
 #include "smpboot.h"
 
@@ -699,3 +700,24 @@ void kick_all_cpus_sync(void)
 	smp_call_function(do_nothing, NULL, 1);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kick_all_cpus_sync);
+
+/**
+ * wake_up_all_idle_cpus - break all cpus out of idle
+ * wake_up_all_idle_cpus try to break all cpus which is in idle state even
+ * including idle polling cpus, for non-idle cpus, we will do nothing
+ * for them.
+ */
+void wake_up_all_idle_cpus(void)
+{
+	int cpu;
+
+	preempt_disable();
+	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
+		if (cpu == smp_processor_id())
+			continue;
+
+		wake_up_if_idle(cpu);
+	}
+	preempt_enable();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wake_up_all_idle_cpus);