diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/include/visorbus.h b/drivers/staging/unisys/include/visorbus.h
index a0144c6a8ad1..9235536fa75f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/include/visorbus.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/include/visorbus.h
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ bool visorchannel_signalremove(struct visorchannel *channel, u32 queue,
 			       void *msg);
 bool visorchannel_signalinsert(struct visorchannel *channel, u32 queue,
 			       void *msg);
+bool visorchannel_signalempty(struct visorchannel *channel, u32 queue);
+
 int visorchannel_signalqueue_slots_avail(struct visorchannel *channel,
 					 u32 queue);
 int visorchannel_signalqueue_max_slots(struct visorchannel *channel, u32 queue);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchannel.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchannel.c
index 242246492b7a..6da7e49a6627 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchannel.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchannel.c
@@ -430,6 +430,27 @@ visorchannel_signalremove(struct visorchannel *channel, u32 queue, void *msg)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(visorchannel_signalremove);
 
+bool
+visorchannel_signalempty(struct visorchannel *channel, u32 queue)
+{
+	unsigned long flags = 0;
+	struct signal_queue_header sig_hdr;
+	bool rc = false;
+
+	if (channel->needs_lock)
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&channel->remove_lock, flags);
+
+	if (!sig_read_header(channel, queue, &sig_hdr))
+		rc = true;
+	if (sig_hdr.head == sig_hdr.tail)
+		rc = true;
+	if (channel->needs_lock)
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&channel->remove_lock, flags);
+
+	return rc;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(visorchannel_signalempty);
+
 static bool
 signalinsert_inner(struct visorchannel *channel, u32 queue, void *msg)
 {