diff --git a/include/asm-i386/processor.h b/include/asm-i386/processor.h
index 992224b..37bef8e 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/processor.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/processor.h
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@
 	unsigned int		saved_fs, saved_gs;
 /* IO permissions */
 	unsigned long	*io_bitmap_ptr;
+ 	unsigned long	iopl;
 /* max allowed port in the bitmap, in bytes: */
 	unsigned long	io_bitmap_max;
 };
@@ -511,6 +512,21 @@
 			: /* no output */			\
 			:"r" (value))
 
+/*
+ * Set IOPL bits in EFLAGS from given mask
+ */
+static inline void set_iopl_mask(unsigned mask)
+{
+	unsigned int reg;
+	__asm__ __volatile__ ("pushfl;"
+			      "popl %0;"
+			      "andl %1, %0;"
+			      "orl %2, %0;"
+			      "pushl %0;"
+			      "popfl"
+				: "=&r" (reg)
+				: "i" (~X86_EFLAGS_IOPL), "r" (mask));
+}
 
 /* Forward declaration, a strange C thing */
 struct task_struct;