diff --git a/include/linux/ipmi.h b/include/linux/ipmi.h
index 3474f04cf9aa..d89bea1e457a 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipmi.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipmi.h
@@ -97,6 +97,14 @@ struct ipmi_user_hndl {
 	 * been set up to handle run to completion.
 	 */
 	void (*ipmi_panic_handler)(void *handler_data);
+
+	/*
+	 * Called when the interface has been removed.  After this returns
+	 * the user handle will be invalid.  The interface may or may
+	 * not be usable when this is called, but it will return errors
+	 * if it is not usable.
+	 */
+	void (*shutdown)(void *handler_data);
 };
 
 /* Create a new user of the IPMI layer on the given interface number. */
diff --git a/include/linux/ipmi_smi.h b/include/linux/ipmi_smi.h
index 9e5c3079d232..bdcda4741c89 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipmi_smi.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipmi_smi.h
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ struct ipmi_smi_handlers {
 	int (*start_processing)(void       *send_info,
 				ipmi_smi_t new_intf);
 
+	/*
+	 * When called, the low-level interface should disable all
+	 * processing, it should be complete shut down when it returns.
+	 */
+	void (*shutdown)(void *send_info);
+
 	/*
 	 * Get the detailed private info of the low level interface and store
 	 * it into the structure of ipmi_smi_data. For example: the