diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index b0f2f45..a1b248c 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -1128,7 +1128,8 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * Create a report.
+ * Create a report. 'data' has to be allocated using
+ * hid_alloc_report_buf() so that it has proper size.
  */
 
 void hid_output_report(struct hid_report *report, __u8 *data)
@@ -1145,6 +1146,22 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hid_output_report);
 
 /*
+ * Allocator for buffer that is going to be passed to hid_output_report()
+ */
+u8 *hid_alloc_report_buf(struct hid_report *report, gfp_t flags)
+{
+	/*
+	 * 7 extra bytes are necessary to achieve proper functionality
+	 * of implement() working on 8 byte chunks
+	 */
+
+	int len = ((report->size - 1) >> 3) + 1 + (report->id > 0) + 7;
+
+	return kmalloc(len, flags);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hid_alloc_report_buf);
+
+/*
  * Set a field value. The report this field belongs to has to be
  * created and transferred to the device, to set this value in the
  * device.