diff --git a/include/net/irda/irda.h b/include/net/irda/irda.h
index ce510aa..213d4c0 100644
--- a/include/net/irda/irda.h
+++ b/include/net/irda/irda.h
@@ -133,4 +133,5 @@ extern int irlap_driver_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 			    struct net_device *orig_dev);
 
 extern struct sk_buff *irda_alloc_skb(unsigned int size, gfp_t priority);
+extern struct sk_buff *irda_dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int size);
 #endif /* NET_IRDA_H */
diff --git a/net/irda/irda_device.c b/net/irda/irda_device.c
index 5271015..62b991c 100644
--- a/net/irda/irda_device.c
+++ b/net/irda/irda_device.c
@@ -308,6 +308,18 @@ struct sk_buff *irda_alloc_skb(unsigned int size, gfp_t priority)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(irda_alloc_skb);
 
+struct sk_buff *irda_dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int size)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+	skb = dev_alloc_skb(size + sizeof(struct irda_skb_cb));
+	if (likely(skb))
+		skb_reserve(skb, sizeof(struct irda_skb_cb));
+
+	return skb;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(irda_dev_alloc_skb);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_ISA_DMA_API
 /*
  * Function setup_dma (idev, buffer, count, mode)