diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c
index 8122807db380..75c8c403ffe5 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c
@@ -283,6 +283,26 @@ int rpmsg_trysend_offchannel(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept, u32 src, u32 dst,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rpmsg_trysend_offchannel);
 
+/**
+ * rpmsg_get_buf_payload_size()
+ * This function returns buffer payload size available for sending messages.
+ *
+ * @ept: the rpmsg endpoint
+ *
+ * Returns buffer payload size on success and an appropriate error value on
+ * failure.
+ */
+int rpmsg_get_buf_payload_size(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept)
+{
+	if (WARN_ON(!ept))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (!ept->ops->get_buf_payload_size)
+		return -ENXIO;
+
+	return ept->ops->get_buf_payload_size(ept);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rpmsg_get_buf_payload_size);
+
 /*
  * match an rpmsg channel with a channel info struct.
  * this is used to make sure we're not creating rpmsg devices for channels
diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h
index 0d791c30b7ea..6f733a556139 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ struct rpmsg_device_ops {
  * @trysend:		see @rpmsg_trysend(), required
  * @trysendto:		see @rpmsg_trysendto(), optional
  * @trysend_offchannel:	see @rpmsg_trysend_offchannel(), optional
+ * @get_buf_payload_size: see @rpmsg_get_buf_payload_size(), optional
  *
  * Indirection table for the operations that a rpmsg backend should implement.
  * In addition to @destroy_ept, the backend must at least implement @send and
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ struct rpmsg_endpoint_ops {
 			     void *data, int len);
 	__poll_t (*poll)(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept, struct file *filp,
 			     poll_table *wait);
+	int (*get_buf_payload_size)(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept);
 };
 
 int rpmsg_register_device(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev);
diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
index 5d3685bd76a2..82753e76e377 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ static int virtio_rpmsg_trysendto(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept, void *data,
 				  int len, u32 dst);
 static int virtio_rpmsg_trysend_offchannel(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept, u32 src,
 					   u32 dst, void *data, int len);
+static int virtio_get_buf_payload_size(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept);
 
 static const struct rpmsg_endpoint_ops virtio_endpoint_ops = {
 	.destroy_ept = virtio_rpmsg_destroy_ept,
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ static const struct rpmsg_endpoint_ops virtio_endpoint_ops = {
 	.trysend = virtio_rpmsg_trysend,
 	.trysendto = virtio_rpmsg_trysendto,
 	.trysend_offchannel = virtio_rpmsg_trysend_offchannel,
+	.get_buf_payload_size = virtio_get_buf_payload_size,
 };
 
 /**
@@ -699,6 +701,15 @@ static int virtio_rpmsg_trysend_offchannel(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept, u32 src,
 	return rpmsg_send_offchannel_raw(rpdev, src, dst, data, len, false);
 }
 
+static int virtio_get_buf_payload_size(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept)
+{
+	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = ept->rpdev;
+	struct virtio_rpmsg_channel *vch = to_virtio_rpmsg_channel(rpdev);
+	int size = vch->vrp->buf_size - sizeof(struct rpmsg_hdr);
+
+	return size < 0 ? -EMSGSIZE : size;
+}
+
 static int rpmsg_recv_single(struct virtproc_info *vrp, struct device *dev,
 			     struct rpmsg_hdr *msg, unsigned int len)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/rpmsg.h b/include/linux/rpmsg.h
index 9fe156d1c018..250df2165086 100644
--- a/include/linux/rpmsg.h
+++ b/include/linux/rpmsg.h
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ int rpmsg_trysend_offchannel(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept, u32 src, u32 dst,
 __poll_t rpmsg_poll(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept, struct file *filp,
 			poll_table *wait);
 
+int rpmsg_get_buf_payload_size(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept);
+
 #else
 
 static inline int register_rpmsg_device(struct rpmsg_device *dev)
@@ -242,6 +244,14 @@ static inline __poll_t rpmsg_poll(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int rpmsg_get_buf_payload_size(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept)
+{
+	/* This shouldn't be possible */
+	WARN_ON(1);
+
+	return -ENXIO;
+}
+
 #endif /* IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RPMSG) */
 
 /* use a macro to avoid include chaining to get THIS_MODULE */
