diff --git a/qdf/inc/qdf_threads.h b/qdf/inc/qdf_threads.h
index 5c624b80a3..aa430d9fd5 100644
--- a/qdf/inc/qdf_threads.h
+++ b/qdf/inc/qdf_threads.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2018 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2019 The Linux Foundation. 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
@@ -134,4 +134,13 @@ int qdf_get_current_pid(void);
  */
 const char *qdf_get_current_comm(void);
 
+/**
+ * qdf_thread_set_cpus_allowed_mask() - set cpu mask for a particular thread
+ * @thread: thread for which new cpu mask is set
+ * @new_mask: new cpu mask to be set for the thread
+ *
+ * Return: None
+ */
+void
+qdf_thread_set_cpus_allowed_mask(qdf_thread_t *thread, qdf_cpu_mask *new_mask);
 #endif /* __QDF_THREADS_H */
diff --git a/qdf/inc/qdf_types.h b/qdf/inc/qdf_types.h
index 08b453dffa..653fe78fcb 100644
--- a/qdf/inc/qdf_types.h
+++ b/qdf/inc/qdf_types.h
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ typedef __qdf_dma_context_t qdf_dma_context_t;
 typedef __qdf_mem_info_t qdf_mem_info_t;
 typedef __sgtable_t sgtable_t;
 
+/**
+ * typepdef qdf_cpu_mask - CPU Mask
+ */
+typedef __qdf_cpu_mask qdf_cpu_mask;
+
 /**
  * pointer to net device
  */
diff --git a/qdf/linux/src/i_qdf_types.h b/qdf/linux/src/i_qdf_types.h
index affd9d0922..2c68abfa33 100644
--- a/qdf/linux/src/i_qdf_types.h
+++ b/qdf/linux/src/i_qdf_types.h
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ typedef dma_addr_t __qdf_dma_addr_t;
 typedef size_t __qdf_dma_size_t;
 typedef dma_addr_t __qdf_dma_context_t;
 typedef struct net_device *__qdf_netdev_t;
+typedef struct cpumask __qdf_cpu_mask;
 typedef __le16 __qdf_le16_t;
 typedef __le32 __qdf_le32_t;
 typedef __le64 __qdf_le64_t;
diff --git a/qdf/linux/src/qdf_threads.c b/qdf/linux/src/qdf_threads.c
index bad4a228db..b0b22ab7c8 100644
--- a/qdf/linux/src/qdf_threads.c
+++ b/qdf/linux/src/qdf_threads.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2018 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2019 The Linux Foundation. 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
@@ -228,3 +228,11 @@ const char *qdf_get_current_comm(void)
 	return current->comm;
 }
 qdf_export_symbol(qdf_get_current_comm);
+
+void
+qdf_thread_set_cpus_allowed_mask(qdf_thread_t *thread, qdf_cpu_mask *new_mask)
+{
+	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(thread, new_mask);
+}
+
+qdf_export_symbol(qdf_thread_set_cpus_allowed_mask);