diff --git a/include/linux/dmaengine.h b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
index 8fbf40e..0d738c9 100644
--- a/include/linux/dmaengine.h
+++ b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 #include <linux/dma-direction.h>
+#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
 
 struct scatterlist;
 
@@ -519,6 +520,16 @@
 			(unsigned long)config);
 }
 
+static inline struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *dmaengine_prep_slave_single(
+	struct dma_chan *chan, void *buf, size_t len,
+	enum dma_data_direction dir, unsigned long flags)
+{
+	struct scatterlist sg;
+	sg_init_one(&sg, buf, len);
+
+	return chan->device->device_prep_slave_sg(chan, &sg, 1, dir, flags);
+}
+
 static inline int dmaengine_terminate_all(struct dma_chan *chan)
 {
 	return dmaengine_device_control(chan, DMA_TERMINATE_ALL, 0);