diff --git a/mt76.h b/mt76.h
index 8abc4a51..e8d7e5e9 100644
--- a/mt76.h
+++ b/mt76.h
@@ -885,6 +885,7 @@ void mt76u_single_wr(struct mt76_dev *dev, const u8 req,
 		     const u16 offset, const u32 val);
 int mt76u_init(struct mt76_dev *dev, struct usb_interface *intf);
 void mt76u_deinit(struct mt76_dev *dev);
+int mt76u_alloc_mcu_queue(struct mt76_dev *dev);
 int mt76u_alloc_queues(struct mt76_dev *dev);
 void mt76u_stop_tx(struct mt76_dev *dev);
 void mt76u_stop_rx(struct mt76_dev *dev);
diff --git a/usb.c b/usb.c
index d85268c6..4e0a115c 100644
--- a/usb.c
+++ b/usb.c
@@ -629,6 +629,12 @@ mt76u_alloc_rx_queue(struct mt76_dev *dev, enum mt76_rxq_id qid)
 	return mt76u_submit_rx_buffers(dev, qid);
 }
 
+int mt76u_alloc_mcu_queue(struct mt76_dev *dev)
+{
+	return mt76u_alloc_rx_queue(dev, MT_RXQ_MCU);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mt76u_alloc_mcu_queue);
+
 static void
 mt76u_free_rx_queue(struct mt76_dev *dev, struct mt76_queue *q)
 {