diff --git a/qal/inc/qal_bridge.h b/qal/inc/qal_bridge.h
index 1eaa7fb90c..35d791f71b 100644
--- a/qal/inc/qal_bridge.h
+++ b/qal/inc/qal_bridge.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2021 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
  * any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
@@ -52,6 +53,12 @@ qal_bridge_fdb_update_register_notify(qal_notify_blk_t nb);
 
 QDF_STATUS
 qal_bridge_fdb_update_unregister_notify(qal_notify_blk_t nb);
+
+QDF_STATUS
+qal_bridge_fdb_add_or_refresh_by_netdev(qal_netdev_t dev,
+					const unsigned char *addr,
+					uint16_t vid,
+					uint16_t state);
 #else
 static inline QDF_STATUS
 qal_bridge_fdb_register_notify(qal_notify_blk_t nb)
@@ -89,6 +96,15 @@ qal_bridge_fdb_update_unregister_notify(qal_notify_blk_t nb)
 {
 	return __qal_bridge_fdb_update_unregister_notify(nb);
 }
+
+QDF_STATUS
+qal_bridge_fdb_add_or_refresh_by_netdev(qal_netdev_t dev,
+					const unsigned char *addr,
+					uint16_t vid,
+					uint16_t state)
+{
+	__qal_bridge_fdb_add_or_refresh_by_netdev(dev, addr, vid, state);
+}
 #endif
 
 #endif /* __QAL_BRIDGE_H */
diff --git a/qal/linux/src/i_qal_bridge.h b/qal/linux/src/i_qal_bridge.h
index 6412bd4344..ae098427b5 100644
--- a/qal/linux/src/i_qal_bridge.h
+++ b/qal/linux/src/i_qal_bridge.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2021 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
  * any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
@@ -87,4 +88,26 @@ __qal_bridge_fdb_update_unregister_notify(__qal_notify_blk_t nb)
 	return QDF_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(6, 1, 0)
+static inline QDF_STATUS
+__qal_bridge_fdb_add_or_refresh_by_netdev(__qal_netdev_t dev,
+					  const unsigned char *addr,
+					  uint16_t vid,
+					  uint16_t state)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = br_fdb_add_or_refresh_by_netdev(dev, addr, vid, state);
+	return qdf_status_from_os_return(ret);
+}
+#else
+static inline QDF_STATUS
+__qal_bridge_fdb_add_or_refresh_by_netdev(__qal_netdev_t dev,
+					  const unsigned char *addr,
+					  uint16_t vid,
+					  uint16_t state)
+{
+	return QDF_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+}
+#endif
 #endif /* __I_QAL_BRIDGE_H */