diff --git a/wmi/inc/wmi_unified_api.h b/wmi/inc/wmi_unified_api.h
index 1335c11b0a..a1608c98d1 100644
--- a/wmi/inc/wmi_unified_api.h
+++ b/wmi/inc/wmi_unified_api.h
@@ -469,6 +469,15 @@ wmi_stop(wmi_unified_t wmi_handle);
 int
 wmi_start(wmi_unified_t wmi_handle);
 
+/**
+ * wmi_is_blocked() - generic function to check if WMI is blocked
+ * @wmi_handle: handle to WMI.
+ *
+ * @Return: true, if blocked, false if not blocked
+ */
+bool
+wmi_is_blocked(wmi_unified_t wmi_handle);
+
 /**
  * API to flush all the previous packets  associated with the wmi endpoint
  *
diff --git a/wmi/src/wmi_unified.c b/wmi/src/wmi_unified.c
index d26908fa72..5c9ee76e93 100644
--- a/wmi/src/wmi_unified.c
+++ b/wmi/src/wmi_unified.c
@@ -3196,6 +3196,18 @@ wmi_start(wmi_unified_t wmi_handle)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * wmi_is_blocked() - generic function to check if WMI is blocked
+ * @wmi_handle: handle to WMI.
+ *
+ * @Return: true, if blocked, false if not blocked
+ */
+bool
+wmi_is_blocked(wmi_unified_t wmi_handle)
+{
+	return (!(!wmi_handle->wmi_stopinprogress));
+}
+
 /**
  * API to flush all the previous packets  associated with the wmi endpoint
  *