diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
index 828f2f8d1568..8b160858f7e8 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
@@ -89,6 +89,40 @@ int btintel_set_bdaddr(struct hci_dev *hdev, const bdaddr_t *bdaddr)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(btintel_set_bdaddr);
 
+void btintel_hw_error(struct hci_dev *hdev, u8 code)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+	u8 type = 0x00;
+
+	BT_ERR("%s: Hardware error 0x%2.2x", hdev->name, code);
+
+	skb = __hci_cmd_sync(hdev, HCI_OP_RESET, 0, NULL, HCI_INIT_TIMEOUT);
+	if (IS_ERR(skb)) {
+		BT_ERR("%s: Reset after hardware error failed (%ld)",
+		       hdev->name, PTR_ERR(skb));
+		return;
+	}
+	kfree_skb(skb);
+
+	skb = __hci_cmd_sync(hdev, 0xfc22, 1, &type, HCI_INIT_TIMEOUT);
+	if (IS_ERR(skb)) {
+		BT_ERR("%s: Retrieving Intel exception info failed (%ld)",
+		       hdev->name, PTR_ERR(skb));
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (skb->len != 13) {
+		BT_ERR("%s: Exception info size mismatch", hdev->name);
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	BT_ERR("%s: Exception info %s", hdev->name, (char *)(skb->data + 1));
+
+	kfree_skb(skb);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(btintel_hw_error);
+
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Bluetooth support for Intel devices ver " VERSION);
 MODULE_VERSION(VERSION);
diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.h b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.h
index 4bda6ab34f60..c4680cd44011 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.h
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ struct intel_secure_send_result {
 
 int btintel_check_bdaddr(struct hci_dev *hdev);
 int btintel_set_bdaddr(struct hci_dev *hdev, const bdaddr_t *bdaddr);
+void btintel_hw_error(struct hci_dev *hdev, u8 code);
 
 #else
 
@@ -86,4 +87,8 @@ static inline int btintel_set_bdaddr(struct hci_dev *hdev, const bdaddr_t *bdadd
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
 
+static inline void btintel_hw_error(struct hci_dev *hdev, u8 code)
+{
+}
+
 #endif