diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/network/stack/utility.cpp b/src/add-ons/kernel/network/stack/utility.cpp
index 8bd53ba030..62df18adf4 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/network/stack/utility.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/network/stack/utility.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,30 @@ static thread_id sTimerThread;
 static bigtime_t sTimerTimeout;
 
 
+void *
+UserBuffer::Copy(void *source, size_t length)
+{
+	if (fStatus != B_OK)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (fAvailable < length) {
+		fStatus = ENOBUFS;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	fStatus = user_memcpy(fBuffer, source, length);
+	if (fStatus < B_OK)
+		return NULL;
+
+	void *current = fBuffer;
+
+	fAvailable -= length;
+	fBuffer += length;
+
+	return current;
+}
+
+
 uint16
 compute_checksum(uint8 *_buffer, size_t length)
 {
diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/network/stack/utility.h b/src/add-ons/kernel/network/stack/utility.h
index 0f71c7a8e7..97c782c3a2 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/network/stack/utility.h
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/network/stack/utility.h
@@ -11,6 +11,42 @@
 
 #include <net_stack.h>
 
+class UserBuffer {
+public:
+	UserBuffer(void *buffer, size_t size);
+
+	void *Copy(void *source, size_t size);
+	status_t Status() const;
+	size_t ConsumedAmount() const;
+
+private:
+	uint8 *fBuffer;
+	size_t fBufferSize, fAvailable;
+	status_t fStatus;
+};
+
+
+inline
+UserBuffer::UserBuffer(void *buffer, size_t size)
+	: fBuffer((uint8 *)buffer), fBufferSize(size),
+	  fAvailable(size), fStatus(B_OK)
+{
+}
+
+
+inline status_t
+UserBuffer::Status() const
+{
+	return fStatus;
+}
+
+
+inline size_t
+UserBuffer::ConsumedAmount() const
+{
+	return fBufferSize - fAvailable;
+}
+
 
 // checksums
 uint16		compute_checksum(uint8 *_buffer, size_t length);