diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/config.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/config.c
index a4e54b2743f0..1ca1c326392a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/config.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/config.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ int usb_gadget_config_buf(
 	/* config descriptor first */
 	if (length < USB_DT_CONFIG_SIZE || !desc)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	*cp = *config; 
+	*cp = *config;
 
 	/* then interface/endpoint/class/vendor/... */
 	len = usb_descriptor_fillbuf(USB_DT_CONFIG_SIZE + (u8*)buf,
@@ -115,3 +115,77 @@ int usb_gadget_config_buf(
 	return len;
 }
 
+/**
+ * usb_copy_descriptors - copy a vector of USB descriptors
+ * @src: null-terminated vector to copy
+ * Context: initialization code, which may sleep
+ *
+ * This makes a copy of a vector of USB descriptors.  Its primary use
+ * is to support usb_function objects which can have multiple copies,
+ * each needing different descriptors.  Functions may have static
+ * tables of descriptors, which are used as templates and customized
+ * with identifiers (for interfaces, strings, endpoints, and more)
+ * as needed by a given function instance.
+ */
+struct usb_descriptor_header **__init
+usb_copy_descriptors(struct usb_descriptor_header **src)
+{
+	struct usb_descriptor_header **tmp;
+	unsigned bytes;
+	unsigned n_desc;
+	void *mem;
+	struct usb_descriptor_header **ret;
+
+	/* count descriptors and their sizes; then add vector size */
+	for (bytes = 0, n_desc = 0, tmp = src; *tmp; tmp++, n_desc++)
+		bytes += (*tmp)->bLength;
+	bytes += (n_desc + 1) * sizeof(*tmp);
+
+	mem = kmalloc(bytes, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!mem)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* fill in pointers starting at "tmp",
+	 * to descriptors copied starting at "mem";
+	 * and return "ret"
+	 */
+	tmp = mem;
+	ret = mem;
+	mem += (n_desc + 1) * sizeof(*tmp);
+	while (*src) {
+		memcpy(mem, *src, (*src)->bLength);
+		*tmp = mem;
+		tmp++;
+		mem += (*src)->bLength;
+		src++;
+	}
+	*tmp = NULL;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * usb_find_endpoint - find a copy of an endpoint descriptor
+ * @src: original vector of descriptors
+ * @copy: copy of @src
+ * @ep: endpoint descriptor found in @src
+ *
+ * This returns the copy of the @match descriptor made for @copy.  Its
+ * intended use is to help remembering the endpoint descriptor to use
+ * when enabling a given endpoint.
+ */
+struct usb_endpoint_descriptor *__init
+usb_find_endpoint(
+	struct usb_descriptor_header **src,
+	struct usb_descriptor_header **copy,
+	struct usb_endpoint_descriptor *match
+)
+{
+	while (*src) {
+		if (*src == (void *) match)
+			return (void *)*copy;
+		src++;
+		copy++;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/epautoconf.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/epautoconf.c
index 8bdad221fa91..9462e30192d8 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/epautoconf.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/epautoconf.c
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ ep_matches (
 	/* MATCH!! */
 
 	/* report address */
+	desc->bEndpointAddress &= USB_DIR_IN;
 	if (isdigit (ep->name [2])) {
 		u8	num = simple_strtol (&ep->name [2], NULL, 10);
 		desc->bEndpointAddress |= num;
diff --git a/include/linux/usb/gadget.h b/include/linux/usb/gadget.h
index cf468fbdbf8e..0ebedaec075d 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb/gadget.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb/gadget.h
@@ -858,6 +858,25 @@ int usb_descriptor_fillbuf(void *, unsigned,
 int usb_gadget_config_buf(const struct usb_config_descriptor *config,
 	void *buf, unsigned buflen, const struct usb_descriptor_header **desc);
 
+/* copy a NULL-terminated vector of descriptors */
+struct usb_descriptor_header **usb_copy_descriptors(
+		struct usb_descriptor_header **);
+
+/* return copy of endpoint descriptor given original descriptor set */
+struct usb_endpoint_descriptor *usb_find_endpoint(
+	struct usb_descriptor_header **src,
+	struct usb_descriptor_header **copy,
+	struct usb_endpoint_descriptor *match);
+
+/**
+ * usb_free_descriptors - free descriptors returned by usb_copy_descriptors()
+ * @v: vector of descriptors
+ */
+static inline void usb_free_descriptors(struct usb_descriptor_header **v)
+{
+	kfree(v);
+}
+
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 /* utility wrapping a simple endpoint selection policy */