diff --git a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_chardev.c b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_chardev.c
index e0bce869c49a..fd33de546aee 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_chardev.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_chardev.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ static long cros_ec_chardev_ioctl_xcmd(struct cros_ec_dev *ec, void __user *arg)
 	}
 
 	s_cmd->command += ec->cmd_offset;
-	ret = cros_ec_cmd_xfer_status(ec->ec_dev, s_cmd);
+	ret = cros_ec_cmd_xfer(ec->ec_dev, s_cmd);
 	/* Only copy data to userland if data was received. */
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto exit;
diff --git a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_proto.c b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_proto.c
index c4caf2e2de82..ac1419881ff3 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_proto.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_proto.c
@@ -560,22 +560,28 @@ int cros_ec_query_all(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cros_ec_query_all);
 
 /**
- * cros_ec_cmd_xfer_status() - Send a command to the ChromeOS EC.
+ * cros_ec_cmd_xfer() - Send a command to the ChromeOS EC.
  * @ec_dev: EC device.
  * @msg: Message to write.
  *
- * Call this to send a command to the ChromeOS EC. This should be used instead of calling the EC's
- * cmd_xfer() callback directly. It returns success status only if both the command was transmitted
- * successfully and the EC replied with success status.
+ * Call this to send a command to the ChromeOS EC. This should be used instead
+ * of calling the EC's cmd_xfer() callback directly. This function does not
+ * convert EC command execution error codes to Linux error codes. Most
+ * in-kernel users will want to use cros_ec_cmd_xfer_status() instead since
+ * that function implements the conversion.
  *
  * Return:
- * >=0 - The number of bytes transferred
- * <0 - Linux error code
+ * >0 - EC command was executed successfully. The return value is the number
+ *      of bytes returned by the EC (excluding the header).
+ * =0 - EC communication was successful. EC command execution results are
+ *      reported in msg->result. The result will be EC_RES_SUCCESS if the
+ *      command was executed successfully or report an EC command execution
+ *      error.
+ * <0 - EC communication error. Return value is the Linux error code.
  */
-int cros_ec_cmd_xfer_status(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
-			    struct cros_ec_command *msg)
+int cros_ec_cmd_xfer(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev, struct cros_ec_command *msg)
 {
-	int ret, mapped;
+	int ret;
 
 	mutex_lock(&ec_dev->lock);
 	if (ec_dev->proto_version == EC_PROTO_VERSION_UNKNOWN) {
@@ -616,6 +622,32 @@ int cros_ec_cmd_xfer_status(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
 	ret = send_command(ec_dev, msg);
 	mutex_unlock(&ec_dev->lock);
 
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cros_ec_cmd_xfer);
+
+/**
+ * cros_ec_cmd_xfer_status() - Send a command to the ChromeOS EC.
+ * @ec_dev: EC device.
+ * @msg: Message to write.
+ *
+ * Call this to send a command to the ChromeOS EC. This should be used instead of calling the EC's
+ * cmd_xfer() callback directly. It returns success status only if both the command was transmitted
+ * successfully and the EC replied with success status.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * >=0 - The number of bytes transferred.
+ * <0 - Linux error code
+ */
+int cros_ec_cmd_xfer_status(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
+			    struct cros_ec_command *msg)
+{
+	int ret, mapped;
+
+	ret = cros_ec_cmd_xfer(ec_dev, msg);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
 	mapped = cros_ec_map_error(msg->result);
 	if (mapped) {
 		dev_dbg(ec_dev->dev, "Command result (err: %d [%d])\n",
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_data/cros_ec_proto.h b/include/linux/platform_data/cros_ec_proto.h
index df3c78c92ca2..16931569adce 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_data/cros_ec_proto.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_data/cros_ec_proto.h
@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ int cros_ec_prepare_tx(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
 int cros_ec_check_result(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
 			 struct cros_ec_command *msg);
 
+int cros_ec_cmd_xfer(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
+		     struct cros_ec_command *msg);
+
 int cros_ec_cmd_xfer_status(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
 			    struct cros_ec_command *msg);
 
