diff --git a/lib/scatterlist.c b/lib/scatterlist.c
index c35b9294..129a82f 100644
--- a/lib/scatterlist.c
+++ b/lib/scatterlist.c
@@ -476,6 +476,43 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * sg_miter_skip - reposition mapping iterator
+ * @miter: sg mapping iter to be skipped
+ * @offset: number of bytes to plus the current location
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *   Sets the offset of @miter to its current location plus @offset bytes.
+ *   If mapping iterator @miter has been proceeded by sg_miter_next(), this
+ *   stops @miter.
+ *
+ * Context:
+ *   Don't care if @miter is stopped, or not proceeded yet.
+ *   Otherwise, preemption disabled if the SG_MITER_ATOMIC is set.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *   true if @miter contains the valid mapping.  false if end of sg
+ *   list is reached.
+ */
+static bool sg_miter_skip(struct sg_mapping_iter *miter, off_t offset)
+{
+	sg_miter_stop(miter);
+
+	while (offset) {
+		off_t consumed;
+
+		if (!sg_miter_get_next_page(miter))
+			return false;
+
+		consumed = min_t(off_t, offset, miter->__remaining);
+		miter->__offset += consumed;
+		miter->__remaining -= consumed;
+		offset -= consumed;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+/**
  * sg_miter_next - proceed mapping iterator to the next mapping
  * @miter: sg mapping iter to proceed
  *
@@ -561,14 +598,16 @@
  * @nents:		 Number of SG entries
  * @buf:		 Where to copy from
  * @buflen:		 The number of bytes to copy
- * @to_buffer: 		 transfer direction (non zero == from an sg list to a
- * 			 buffer, 0 == from a buffer to an sg list
+ * @skip:		 Number of bytes to skip before copying
+ * @to_buffer:		 transfer direction (true == from an sg list to a
+ *			 buffer, false == from a buffer to an sg list
  *
  * Returns the number of copied bytes.
  *
  **/
 static size_t sg_copy_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents,
-			     void *buf, size_t buflen, int to_buffer)
+			     void *buf, size_t buflen, off_t skip,
+			     bool to_buffer)
 {
 	unsigned int offset = 0;
 	struct sg_mapping_iter miter;
@@ -582,6 +621,9 @@
 
 	sg_miter_start(&miter, sgl, nents, sg_flags);
 
+	if (!sg_miter_skip(&miter, skip))
+		return false;
+
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 
 	while (sg_miter_next(&miter) && offset < buflen) {
@@ -616,7 +658,7 @@
 size_t sg_copy_from_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents,
 			   void *buf, size_t buflen)
 {
-	return sg_copy_buffer(sgl, nents, buf, buflen, 0);
+	return sg_copy_buffer(sgl, nents, buf, buflen, 0, false);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_copy_from_buffer);
 
@@ -633,6 +675,42 @@
 size_t sg_copy_to_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents,
 			 void *buf, size_t buflen)
 {
-	return sg_copy_buffer(sgl, nents, buf, buflen, 1);
+	return sg_copy_buffer(sgl, nents, buf, buflen, 0, true);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_copy_to_buffer);
+
+/**
+ * sg_pcopy_from_buffer - Copy from a linear buffer to an SG list
+ * @sgl:		 The SG list
+ * @nents:		 Number of SG entries
+ * @buf:		 Where to copy from
+ * @skip:		 Number of bytes to skip before copying
+ * @buflen:		 The number of bytes to copy
+ *
+ * Returns the number of copied bytes.
+ *
+ **/
+size_t sg_pcopy_from_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents,
+			    void *buf, size_t buflen, off_t skip)
+{
+	return sg_copy_buffer(sgl, nents, buf, buflen, skip, false);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_pcopy_from_buffer);
+
+/**
+ * sg_pcopy_to_buffer - Copy from an SG list to a linear buffer
+ * @sgl:		 The SG list
+ * @nents:		 Number of SG entries
+ * @buf:		 Where to copy to
+ * @skip:		 Number of bytes to skip before copying
+ * @buflen:		 The number of bytes to copy
+ *
+ * Returns the number of copied bytes.
+ *
+ **/
+size_t sg_pcopy_to_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents,
+			  void *buf, size_t buflen, off_t skip)
+{
+	return sg_copy_buffer(sgl, nents, buf, buflen, skip, true);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_pcopy_to_buffer);