diff --git a/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/metrics/TetheringMetrics.java b/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/metrics/TetheringMetrics.java
index 4a116ec5f4..136dfb1da7 100644
--- a/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/metrics/TetheringMetrics.java
+++ b/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/metrics/TetheringMetrics.java
@@ -401,4 +401,22 @@ public class TetheringMetrics {
 
         return UpstreamType.UT_UNKNOWN;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Check whether tethering metrics' data usage can be collected for a given upstream type.
+     *
+     * @param type the upstream type
+     */
+    public static boolean isUsageSupportedForUpstreamType(@NonNull UpstreamType type) {
+        switch(type) {
+            case UT_CELLULAR:
+            case UT_WIFI:
+            case UT_BLUETOOTH:
+            case UT_ETHERNET:
+                return true;
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/metrics/TetheringMetricsTest.java b/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/metrics/TetheringMetricsTest.java
index 0046ce1df7..7cef9cbf0c 100644
--- a/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/metrics/TetheringMetricsTest.java
+++ b/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/metrics/TetheringMetricsTest.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import static android.net.TetheringManager.TETHER_ERROR_UNKNOWN_TYPE;
 import static android.net.TetheringManager.TETHER_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED;
 import static android.net.TetheringManager.TETHER_ERROR_UNTETHER_IFACE_ERROR;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 
@@ -374,4 +375,21 @@ public final class TetheringMetricsTest {
                 UserType.USER_SETTINGS, upstreamEvents,
                 currentTimeMillis() - wifiTetheringStartTime);
     }
+
+    private void runUsageSupportedForUpstreamTypeTest(final UpstreamType upstreamType,
+            final boolean isSupported) {
+        final boolean result = TetheringMetrics.isUsageSupportedForUpstreamType(upstreamType);
+        assertEquals(isSupported, result);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUsageSupportedForUpstreamTypeTest() {
+        runUsageSupportedForUpstreamTypeTest(UpstreamType.UT_CELLULAR, true /* isSupported */);
+        runUsageSupportedForUpstreamTypeTest(UpstreamType.UT_WIFI, true /* isSupported */);
+        runUsageSupportedForUpstreamTypeTest(UpstreamType.UT_BLUETOOTH, true /* isSupported */);
+        runUsageSupportedForUpstreamTypeTest(UpstreamType.UT_ETHERNET, true /* isSupported */);
+        runUsageSupportedForUpstreamTypeTest(UpstreamType.UT_WIFI_AWARE, false /* isSupported */);
+        runUsageSupportedForUpstreamTypeTest(UpstreamType.UT_LOWPAN, false /* isSupported */);
+        runUsageSupportedForUpstreamTypeTest(UpstreamType.UT_UNKNOWN, false /* isSupported */);
+    }
 }