diff --git a/crypto/cipher.c b/crypto/cipher.c
index b47141ed4a9f3da03237847d4cec4f08a50e3840..d39ef5f72ab8660f917400d2d4ea624c90b5fd1a 100644
--- a/crypto/cipher.c
+++ b/crypto/cipher.c
@@ -90,3 +90,26 @@ void crypto_cipher_decrypt_one(struct crypto_cipher *tfm,
 	cipher_crypt_one(tfm, dst, src, false);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(crypto_cipher_decrypt_one, CRYPTO_INTERNAL);
+
+struct crypto_cipher *crypto_clone_cipher(struct crypto_cipher *cipher)
+{
+	struct crypto_tfm *tfm = crypto_cipher_tfm(cipher);
+	struct crypto_alg *alg = tfm->__crt_alg;
+	struct crypto_cipher *ncipher;
+	struct crypto_tfm *ntfm;
+
+	if (alg->cra_init)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
+
+	ntfm = __crypto_alloc_tfm(alg, CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_CIPHER,
+				  CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_MASK);
+	if (IS_ERR(ntfm))
+		return ERR_CAST(ntfm);
+
+	ntfm->crt_flags = tfm->crt_flags;
+
+	ncipher = __crypto_cipher_cast(ntfm);
+
+	return ncipher;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_clone_cipher);
diff --git a/include/crypto/internal/cipher.h b/include/crypto/internal/cipher.h
index a9174ba90250030ebe118aa315b7847a6d3fc393..5030f6d2df3150ce95c692d6efb9fc4091b3f072 100644
--- a/include/crypto/internal/cipher.h
+++ b/include/crypto/internal/cipher.h
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ void crypto_cipher_encrypt_one(struct crypto_cipher *tfm,
 void crypto_cipher_decrypt_one(struct crypto_cipher *tfm,
 			       u8 *dst, const u8 *src);
 
+struct crypto_cipher *crypto_clone_cipher(struct crypto_cipher *cipher);
+
 struct crypto_cipher_spawn {
 	struct crypto_spawn base;
 };