diff --git a/drivers/dahdi/xpp/card_bri.c b/drivers/dahdi/xpp/card_bri.c
index a6296f0..1f32eb4 100644
--- a/drivers/dahdi/xpp/card_bri.c
+++ b/drivers/dahdi/xpp/card_bri.c
@@ -863,6 +863,7 @@ static const struct dahdi_span_ops BRI_span_ops = {
 	.maint = xpp_maint,
 	.echocan_create = xpp_echocan_create,
 	.echocan_name = xpp_echocan_name,
+	.assigned = xpp_span_assigned,
 #ifdef	DAHDI_SYNC_TICK
 	.sync_tick = dahdi_sync_tick,
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/dahdi/xpp/card_pri.c b/drivers/dahdi/xpp/card_pri.c
index 2012eb1..bdd0f40 100644
--- a/drivers/dahdi/xpp/card_pri.c
+++ b/drivers/dahdi/xpp/card_pri.c
@@ -1242,6 +1242,7 @@ static const struct dahdi_span_ops PRI_span_ops = {
 	.maint = xpp_maint,
 	.echocan_create = xpp_echocan_create,
 	.echocan_name = xpp_echocan_name,
+	.assigned = xpp_span_assigned,
 #ifdef	DAHDI_SYNC_TICK
 	.sync_tick = dahdi_sync_tick,
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/dahdi/xpp/xpp_dahdi.c b/drivers/dahdi/xpp/xpp_dahdi.c
index 5dbca26..ccf7f38 100644
--- a/drivers/dahdi/xpp/xpp_dahdi.c
+++ b/drivers/dahdi/xpp/xpp_dahdi.c
@@ -945,6 +945,19 @@ int xpp_echocan_create(struct dahdi_chan *chan,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(xpp_echocan_create);
 
+void xpp_span_assigned(struct dahdi_span *span)
+{
+	struct phonedev	*phonedev = container_of(span, struct phonedev, span);
+	xpd_t		*xpd = container_of(phonedev, struct xpd, phonedev);
+
+	XPD_INFO(xpd, "Span assigned: %d\n", span->spanno);
+	if (xpd->card_present) {
+		span->alarms &= ~DAHDI_ALARM_NOTOPEN;
+		dahdi_alarm_notify(&phonedev->span);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(xpp_span_assigned);
+
 static const struct dahdi_span_ops xpp_span_ops = {
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.open = xpp_open,
@@ -953,6 +966,7 @@ static const struct dahdi_span_ops xpp_span_ops = {
 	.maint = xpp_maint,
 	.echocan_create = xpp_echocan_create,
 	.echocan_name = xpp_echocan_name,
+	.assigned = xpp_span_assigned,
 };
 
 static const struct dahdi_span_ops xpp_rbs_span_ops = {
@@ -964,6 +978,7 @@ static const struct dahdi_span_ops xpp_rbs_span_ops = {
 	.maint = xpp_maint,
 	.echocan_create = xpp_echocan_create,
 	.echocan_name = xpp_echocan_name,
+	.assigned = xpp_span_assigned,
 };
 
 void xpd_set_spanname(xpd_t *xpd)
diff --git a/drivers/dahdi/xpp/xpp_dahdi.h b/drivers/dahdi/xpp/xpp_dahdi.h
index cd9afb6..f7a0092 100644
--- a/drivers/dahdi/xpp/xpp_dahdi.h
+++ b/drivers/dahdi/xpp/xpp_dahdi.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ int xpp_close(struct dahdi_chan *chan);
 int xpp_ioctl(struct dahdi_chan *chan, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
 int xpp_hooksig(struct dahdi_chan *chan, enum dahdi_txsig txsig);
 int xpp_maint(struct dahdi_span *span, int cmd);
+void xpp_span_assigned(struct dahdi_span *span);
 void report_bad_ioctl(const char *msg, xpd_t *xpd, int pos, unsigned int cmd);
 int total_registered_spans(void);
 void oht_pcm(xpd_t *xpd, int pos, bool pass);