diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 74fd5d37f15a..c85e06512246 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ typedef enum rx_handler_result rx_handler_result_t;
 typedef rx_handler_result_t rx_handler_func_t(struct sk_buff **pskb);
 
 void __napi_schedule(struct napi_struct *n);
+void __napi_schedule_irqoff(struct napi_struct *n);
 
 static inline bool napi_disable_pending(struct napi_struct *n)
 {
@@ -420,6 +421,18 @@ static inline void napi_schedule(struct napi_struct *n)
 		__napi_schedule(n);
 }
 
+/**
+ *	napi_schedule_irqoff - schedule NAPI poll
+ *	@n: napi context
+ *
+ * Variant of napi_schedule(), assuming hard irqs are masked.
+ */
+static inline void napi_schedule_irqoff(struct napi_struct *n)
+{
+	if (napi_schedule_prep(n))
+		__napi_schedule_irqoff(n);
+}
+
 /* Try to reschedule poll. Called by dev->poll() after napi_complete().  */
 static inline bool napi_reschedule(struct napi_struct *napi)
 {
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index b793e3521a36..759940cdf896 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4372,7 +4372,8 @@ static int process_backlog(struct napi_struct *napi, int quota)
  * __napi_schedule - schedule for receive
  * @n: entry to schedule
  *
- * The entry's receive function will be scheduled to run
+ * The entry's receive function will be scheduled to run.
+ * Consider using __napi_schedule_irqoff() if hard irqs are masked.
  */
 void __napi_schedule(struct napi_struct *n)
 {
@@ -4384,6 +4385,18 @@ void __napi_schedule(struct napi_struct *n)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__napi_schedule);
 
+/**
+ * __napi_schedule_irqoff - schedule for receive
+ * @n: entry to schedule
+ *
+ * Variant of __napi_schedule() assuming hard irqs are masked
+ */
+void __napi_schedule_irqoff(struct napi_struct *n)
+{
+	____napi_schedule(this_cpu_ptr(&softnet_data), n);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__napi_schedule_irqoff);
+
 void __napi_complete(struct napi_struct *n)
 {
 	BUG_ON(!test_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &n->state));