diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
index 226e161bcee2..75f78a40755b 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
@@ -1681,6 +1681,26 @@ unblock_reqs:
 	ufshcd_scsi_unblock_requests(hba);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Block processing of new SCSI commands and wait until pending SCSI
+ * commands and TMFs have finished. ufshcd_exec_dev_cmd() and
+ * ufshcd_issue_devman_upiu_cmd() are not affected by this function.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 upon success; -EBUSY upon timeout.
+ */
+int ufshcd_freeze_scsi_devs(struct ufs_hba *hba, u64 timeout_us)
+{
+	return ufshcd_clock_scaling_prepare(hba, timeout_us);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ufshcd_freeze_scsi_devs);
+
+/* Resume processing of SCSI commands. */
+void ufshcd_unfreeze_scsi_devs(struct ufs_hba *hba)
+{
+	ufshcd_clock_scaling_unprepare(hba, true);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ufshcd_unfreeze_scsi_devs);
+
 /**
  * ufshcd_hold - Enable clocks that were gated earlier due to ufshcd_release.
  * Also, exit from hibern8 mode and set the link as active.
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.h b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.h
index dff8f8d79bea..186c4f4bc74b 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.h
@@ -1224,6 +1224,9 @@ int ufshcd_read_string_desc(struct ufs_hba *hba, u8 desc_index,
 int ufshcd_hold(struct ufs_hba *hba, bool async);
 void ufshcd_release(struct ufs_hba *hba);
 
+int ufshcd_freeze_scsi_devs(struct ufs_hba *hba, u64 timeout_us);
+void ufshcd_unfreeze_scsi_devs(struct ufs_hba *hba);
+
 void ufshcd_map_desc_id_to_length(struct ufs_hba *hba, enum desc_idn desc_id,
 				  int *desc_length);