diff --git a/Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei-client-bus.txt b/Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei-client-bus.txt
index 9dc5ebf94eb1..f83910a8ce76 100644
--- a/Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei-client-bus.txt
+++ b/Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei-client-bus.txt
@@ -104,13 +104,16 @@ int contact_probe(struct mei_cl_device *dev, struct mei_cl_device_id *id)
 	struct contact_driver *contact;
 
 	[...]
+	mei_cl_enable_device(dev);
+
 	mei_cl_register_event_cb(dev, contact_event_cb, contact);
 
 	return 0;
  }
 
-In the probe routine the driver basically registers an ME bus event handler
-which is as close as it can get to registering a threaded IRQ handler.
+In the probe routine the driver first enable the MEI device and then registers
+an ME bus event handler which is as close as it can get to registering a
+threaded IRQ handler.
 The handler implementation will typically call some I/O routine depending on
 the pending events:
 
diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c b/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c
index 6badfa1110e9..834ceeb69cbf 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ static struct mei_cl *mei_bus_find_mei_cl_by_uuid(struct mei_device *dev,
 	return NULL;
 }
 struct mei_cl_device *mei_cl_add_device(struct mei_device *dev,
-				  uuid_le uuid, char *name)
+					uuid_le uuid, char *name,
+					struct mei_cl_ops *ops)
 {
 	struct mei_cl_device *device;
 	struct mei_cl *cl;
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ struct mei_cl_device *mei_cl_add_device(struct mei_device *dev,
 		return NULL;
 
 	device->cl = cl;
+	device->ops = ops;
 
 	device->dev.parent = &dev->pdev->dev;
 	device->dev.bus = &mei_cl_bus_type;
@@ -408,6 +410,101 @@ void mei_cl_set_drvdata(struct mei_cl_device *device, void *data)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mei_cl_set_drvdata);
 
+int mei_cl_enable_device(struct mei_cl_device *device)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct mei_device *dev;
+	struct mei_cl *cl = device->cl;
+
+	if (cl == NULL)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	dev = cl->dev;
+
+	mutex_lock(&dev->device_lock);
+
+	cl->state = MEI_FILE_CONNECTING;
+
+	err = mei_cl_connect(cl, NULL);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		mutex_unlock(&dev->device_lock);
+		dev_err(&dev->pdev->dev, "Could not connect to the ME client");
+
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->device_lock);
+
+	if (device->event_cb && !cl->read_cb)
+		mei_cl_read_start(device->cl);
+
+	if (!device->ops || !device->ops->enable)
+		return 0;
+
+	return device->ops->enable(device);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mei_cl_enable_device);
+
+int mei_cl_disable_device(struct mei_cl_device *device)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct mei_device *dev;
+	struct mei_cl *cl = device->cl;
+
+	if (cl == NULL)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	dev = cl->dev;
+
+	mutex_lock(&dev->device_lock);
+
+	if (cl->state != MEI_FILE_CONNECTED) {
+		mutex_unlock(&dev->device_lock);
+		dev_err(&dev->pdev->dev, "Already disconnected");
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	cl->state = MEI_FILE_DISCONNECTING;
+
+	err = mei_cl_disconnect(cl);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		mutex_unlock(&dev->device_lock);
+		dev_err(&dev->pdev->dev,
+			"Could not disconnect from the ME client");
+
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	/* Flush queues and remove any pending read */
+	mei_cl_flush_queues(cl);
+
+	if (cl->read_cb) {
+		struct mei_cl_cb *cb = NULL;
+
+		cb = mei_cl_find_read_cb(cl);
+		/* Remove entry from read list */
+		if (cb)
+			list_del(&cb->list);
+
+		cb = cl->read_cb;
+		cl->read_cb = NULL;
+
+		if (cb) {
+			mei_io_cb_free(cb);
+			cb = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->device_lock);
+
+	if (!device->ops || !device->ops->disable)
+		return 0;
+
+	return device->ops->disable(device);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mei_cl_disable_device);
+
 void mei_cl_bus_rx_event(struct mei_cl *cl)
 {
 	struct mei_cl_device *device = cl->device;
diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h b/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
index d786da6aa25b..c02967d01527 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
@@ -269,30 +269,36 @@ struct mei_hw_ops {
 };
 
 /* MEI bus API*/
-struct mei_cl_device *mei_cl_add_device(struct mei_device *dev,
-				  uuid_le uuid, char *name);
-void mei_cl_remove_device(struct mei_cl_device *device);
-
-int __mei_cl_async_send(struct mei_cl *cl, u8 *buf, size_t length);
-int __mei_cl_send(struct mei_cl *cl, u8 *buf, size_t length);
-int __mei_cl_recv(struct mei_cl *cl, u8 *buf, size_t length);
 
 /**
- * struct mei_cl_transport_ops - MEI CL device transport ops
+ * struct mei_cl_ops - MEI CL device ops
  * This structure allows ME host clients to implement technology
- * specific transport layers.
+ * specific operations.
  *
+ * @enable: Enable an MEI CL device. Some devices require specific
+ *	HECI commands to initialize completely.
+ * @disable: Disable an MEI CL device.
  * @send: Tx hook for the device. This allows ME host clients to trap
  *	the device driver buffers before actually physically
  *	pushing it to the ME.
  * @recv: Rx hook for the device. This allows ME host clients to trap the
  *	ME buffers before forwarding them to the device driver.
  */
-struct mei_cl_transport_ops {
+struct mei_cl_ops {
+	int (*enable)(struct mei_cl_device *device);
+	int (*disable)(struct mei_cl_device *device);
 	int (*send)(struct mei_cl_device *device, u8 *buf, size_t length);
 	int (*recv)(struct mei_cl_device *device, u8 *buf, size_t length);
 };
 
+struct mei_cl_device *mei_cl_add_device(struct mei_device *dev,
+					uuid_le uuid, char *name,
+					struct mei_cl_ops *ops);
+void mei_cl_remove_device(struct mei_cl_device *device);
+
+int __mei_cl_async_send(struct mei_cl *cl, u8 *buf, size_t length);
+int __mei_cl_send(struct mei_cl *cl, u8 *buf, size_t length);
+int __mei_cl_recv(struct mei_cl *cl, u8 *buf, size_t length);
 void mei_cl_bus_rx_event(struct mei_cl *cl);
 int mei_cl_bus_init(void);
 void mei_cl_bus_exit(void);
@@ -319,7 +325,7 @@ struct mei_cl_device {
 
 	struct mei_cl *cl;
 
-	const struct mei_cl_transport_ops *ops;
+	const struct mei_cl_ops *ops;
 
 	struct work_struct event_work;
 	mei_cl_event_cb_t event_cb;
diff --git a/include/linux/mei_cl_bus.h b/include/linux/mei_cl_bus.h
index 1bece18825ba..d14af7b722ef 100644
--- a/include/linux/mei_cl_bus.h
+++ b/include/linux/mei_cl_bus.h
@@ -38,4 +38,7 @@ int mei_cl_register_event_cb(struct mei_cl_device *device,
 void *mei_cl_get_drvdata(const struct mei_cl_device *device);
 void mei_cl_set_drvdata(struct mei_cl_device *device, void *data);
 
+int mei_cl_enable_device(struct mei_cl_device *device);
+int mei_cl_disable_device(struct mei_cl_device *device);
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_MEI_CL_BUS_H */