diff --git a/drivers/pci/probe.c b/drivers/pci/probe.c
index 629edf3..70d37bb 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/probe.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/probe.c
@@ -846,6 +846,21 @@
 	kfree(dev);
 }
 
+struct pci_dev *alloc_pci_dev(void)
+{
+	struct pci_dev *dev;
+
+	dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct pci_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!dev)
+		return NULL;
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->global_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->bus_list);
+
+	return dev;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_pci_dev);
+
 /*
  * Read the config data for a PCI device, sanity-check it
  * and fill in the dev structure...
diff --git a/include/linux/pci.h b/include/linux/pci.h
index 99d4575..c020747 100644
--- a/include/linux/pci.h
+++ b/include/linux/pci.h
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@
 #endif
 };
 
+extern struct pci_dev *alloc_pci_dev(void);
+
 #define pci_dev_g(n) list_entry(n, struct pci_dev, global_list)
 #define pci_dev_b(n) list_entry(n, struct pci_dev, bus_list)
 #define	to_pci_dev(n) container_of(n, struct pci_dev, dev)