diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
index ce317e623862..a9a27816991a 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <rdma/rdma_netlink.h>
 
 #include "core_priv.h"
@@ -780,6 +781,51 @@ int ib_find_pkey(struct ib_device *device,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ib_find_pkey);
 
+/**
+ * ib_get_net_dev_by_params() - Return the appropriate net_dev
+ * for a received CM request
+ * @dev:	An RDMA device on which the request has been received.
+ * @port:	Port number on the RDMA device.
+ * @pkey:	The Pkey the request came on.
+ * @gid:	A GID that the net_dev uses to communicate.
+ * @addr:	Contains the IP address that the request specified as its
+ *		destination.
+ */
+struct net_device *ib_get_net_dev_by_params(struct ib_device *dev,
+					    u8 port,
+					    u16 pkey,
+					    const union ib_gid *gid,
+					    const struct sockaddr *addr)
+{
+	struct net_device *net_dev = NULL;
+	struct ib_client_data *context;
+
+	if (!rdma_protocol_ib(dev, port))
+		return NULL;
+
+	down_read(&lists_rwsem);
+
+	list_for_each_entry(context, &dev->client_data_list, list) {
+		struct ib_client *client = context->client;
+
+		if (context->going_down)
+			continue;
+
+		if (client->get_net_dev_by_params) {
+			net_dev = client->get_net_dev_by_params(dev, port, pkey,
+								gid, addr,
+								context->data);
+			if (net_dev)
+				break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	up_read(&lists_rwsem);
+
+	return net_dev;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ib_get_net_dev_by_params);
+
 static int __init ib_core_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
index 449609b70928..fd7a6950df75 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
 #include <linux/scatterlist.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
+#include <linux/socket.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/if_ether.h>
 
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
@@ -1765,6 +1766,28 @@ struct ib_client {
 	void (*add)   (struct ib_device *);
 	void (*remove)(struct ib_device *, void *client_data);
 
+	/* Returns the net_dev belonging to this ib_client and matching the
+	 * given parameters.
+	 * @dev:	 An RDMA device that the net_dev use for communication.
+	 * @port:	 A physical port number on the RDMA device.
+	 * @pkey:	 P_Key that the net_dev uses if applicable.
+	 * @gid:	 A GID that the net_dev uses to communicate.
+	 * @addr:	 An IP address the net_dev is configured with.
+	 * @client_data: The device's client data set by ib_set_client_data().
+	 *
+	 * An ib_client that implements a net_dev on top of RDMA devices
+	 * (such as IP over IB) should implement this callback, allowing the
+	 * rdma_cm module to find the right net_dev for a given request.
+	 *
+	 * The caller is responsible for calling dev_put on the returned
+	 * netdev. */
+	struct net_device *(*get_net_dev_by_params)(
+			struct ib_device *dev,
+			u8 port,
+			u16 pkey,
+			const union ib_gid *gid,
+			const struct sockaddr *addr,
+			void *client_data);
 	struct list_head list;
 };
 
@@ -3014,4 +3037,8 @@ static inline int ib_check_mr_access(int flags)
 int ib_check_mr_status(struct ib_mr *mr, u32 check_mask,
 		       struct ib_mr_status *mr_status);
 
+struct net_device *ib_get_net_dev_by_params(struct ib_device *dev, u8 port,
+					    u16 pkey, const union ib_gid *gid,
+					    const struct sockaddr *addr);
+
 #endif /* IB_VERBS_H */