diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index c97da29ddc07..129204dd3bae 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -120,6 +120,42 @@ void blk_rq_init(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_rq_init);
 
+#define REQ_OP_NAME(name) [REQ_OP_##name] = #name
+static const char *const blk_op_name[] = {
+	REQ_OP_NAME(READ),
+	REQ_OP_NAME(WRITE),
+	REQ_OP_NAME(FLUSH),
+	REQ_OP_NAME(DISCARD),
+	REQ_OP_NAME(SECURE_ERASE),
+	REQ_OP_NAME(ZONE_RESET),
+	REQ_OP_NAME(WRITE_SAME),
+	REQ_OP_NAME(WRITE_ZEROES),
+	REQ_OP_NAME(SCSI_IN),
+	REQ_OP_NAME(SCSI_OUT),
+	REQ_OP_NAME(DRV_IN),
+	REQ_OP_NAME(DRV_OUT),
+};
+#undef REQ_OP_NAME
+
+/**
+ * blk_op_str - Return string XXX in the REQ_OP_XXX.
+ * @op: REQ_OP_XXX.
+ *
+ * Description: Centralize block layer function to convert REQ_OP_XXX into
+ * string format. Useful in the debugging and tracing bio or request. For
+ * invalid REQ_OP_XXX it returns string "UNKNOWN".
+ */
+inline const char *blk_op_str(unsigned int op)
+{
+	const char *op_str = "UNKNOWN";
+
+	if (op < ARRAY_SIZE(blk_op_name) && blk_op_name[op])
+		op_str = blk_op_name[op];
+
+	return op_str;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_op_str);
+
 static const struct {
 	int		errno;
 	const char	*name;
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index d5d3bb45dfb6..0c482371c8b3 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -865,6 +865,9 @@ extern void blk_execute_rq(struct request_queue *, struct gendisk *,
 extern void blk_execute_rq_nowait(struct request_queue *, struct gendisk *,
 				  struct request *, int, rq_end_io_fn *);
 
+/* Helper to convert REQ_OP_XXX to its string format XXX */
+extern const char *blk_op_str(unsigned int op);
+
 int blk_status_to_errno(blk_status_t status);
 blk_status_t errno_to_blk_status(int errno);