diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 96ff76731e93d..50d97767d8d69 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -1522,6 +1522,17 @@ static inline struct device_node *dev_of_node(struct device *dev)
 
 void driver_init(void);
 
+static inline bool dev_has_sync_state(struct device *dev)
+{
+	if (!dev)
+		return false;
+	if (dev->driver && dev->driver->sync_state)
+		return true;
+	if (dev->bus && dev->bus->sync_state)
+		return true;
+	return false;
+}
+
 /*
  * High level routines for use by the bus drivers
  */