diff --git a/qdf/inc/qdf_util.h b/qdf/inc/qdf_util.h
index 1ac3a2a4bb..3955dfce68 100644
--- a/qdf/inc/qdf_util.h
+++ b/qdf/inc/qdf_util.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #endif
 
 typedef __qdf_wait_queue_head_t qdf_wait_queue_head_t;
+typedef void (*qdf_fw_down_callback)(void);
 
 /**
  * qdf_unlikely - Compiler-dependent macro denoting code likely to execute
@@ -655,4 +656,11 @@ void qdf_get_random_bytes(void *buf, int nbytes)
 {
 	return __qdf_get_random_bytes(buf, nbytes);
 }
+
+/**
+ * qdf_register_fw_down_callback() - API to register fw down callback
+ *
+ * Return: none
+ */
+void qdf_register_fw_down_callback(qdf_fw_down_callback *fw_down_callback);
 #endif /*_QDF_UTIL_H*/
diff --git a/qdf/src/qdf_types.c b/qdf/src/qdf_types.c
index 9617934ee0..d1c4fc11db 100644
--- a/qdf/src/qdf_types.c
+++ b/qdf/src/qdf_types.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include "qdf_trace.h"
 #include "qdf_types.h"
 
+static qdf_fw_down_callback *is_fw_down_cb;
+
 static QDF_STATUS qdf_consume_char(char **str, char c)
 {
 	if ((*str)[0] != c)
@@ -524,3 +526,8 @@ QDF_STATUS qdf_ipv6_parse(char *ipv6_str, struct qdf_ipv6_addr *out_addr)
 }
 qdf_export_symbol(qdf_ipv6_parse);
 
+void qdf_register_fw_down_callback(qdf_fw_down_callback *fw_down_callback)
+{
+	is_fw_down_cb = fw_down_callback;
+}
+qdf_export_symbol(qdf_register_fw_down_callback);