BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1776177

commit b9d0684c upstream.

We want to reuse this function later.
Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>
Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
Signed-off-by: Fabrizio Castro <fabrizio.castro@bp.renesas.com>
Reviewed-by: Chris Paterson <Chris.Paterson2@renesas.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Juerg Haefliger <juergh@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Khalid Elmously <khalid.elmously@canonical.com>