diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/connection.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/connection.c
index 9e8828109b1e..95855d1cad9f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/connection.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/connection.c
@@ -264,6 +264,19 @@ gb_connection_create_flags(struct gb_bundle *bundle, u16 cport_id,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gb_connection_create_flags);
 
+struct gb_connection *
+gb_connection_create_offloaded(struct gb_bundle *bundle, u16 cport_id,
+					unsigned long flags)
+{
+	struct gb_interface *intf = bundle->intf;
+
+	flags |= GB_CONNECTION_FLAG_OFFLOADED;
+
+	return _gb_connection_create(intf->hd, -1, intf, bundle, cport_id,
+					NULL, flags);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gb_connection_create_offloaded);
+
 static int gb_connection_hd_cport_enable(struct gb_connection *connection)
 {
 	struct gb_host_device *hd = connection->hd;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/connection.h b/drivers/staging/greybus/connection.h
index c740c3816f0d..a8da9ca214be 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/connection.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/connection.h
@@ -64,9 +64,11 @@ struct gb_connection *gb_connection_create_static(struct gb_host_device *hd,
 struct gb_connection *gb_connection_create_control(struct gb_interface *intf);
 struct gb_connection *gb_connection_create(struct gb_bundle *bundle,
 				u16 cport_id, gb_request_handler_t handler);
-struct gb_connection * gb_connection_create_flags(struct gb_bundle *bundle,
+struct gb_connection *gb_connection_create_flags(struct gb_bundle *bundle,
 				u16 cport_id, gb_request_handler_t handler,
 				unsigned long flags);
+struct gb_connection *gb_connection_create_offloaded(struct gb_bundle *bundle,
+				u16 cport_id, unsigned long flags);
 void gb_connection_destroy(struct gb_connection *connection);
 
 static inline bool gb_connection_is_static(struct gb_connection *connection)