diff --git a/src/core/devices/nm-device.c b/src/core/devices/nm-device.c
index 03343f3fef..a00f04b579 100644
--- a/src/core/devices/nm-device.c
+++ b/src/core/devices/nm-device.c
@@ -18947,6 +18947,24 @@ _device_get_auth_retries(NMDevice *self)
     return auth_retries;
 }
 
+gboolean
+nm_device_auth_retries_has_next(NMDevice *self)
+{
+    int auth_retries;
+
+    g_return_val_if_fail(NM_IS_DEVICE(self), FALSE);
+
+    auth_retries = _device_get_auth_retries(self);
+
+    if (auth_retries == NM_DEVICE_AUTH_RETRIES_INFINITY)
+        return TRUE;
+
+    if (auth_retries > 0)
+        return TRUE;
+
+    return FALSE;
+}
+
 gboolean
 nm_device_auth_retries_try_next(NMDevice *self)
 {
diff --git a/src/core/devices/nm-device.h b/src/core/devices/nm-device.h
index 2f287953eb..c8069d7c1d 100644
--- a/src/core/devices/nm-device.h
+++ b/src/core/devices/nm-device.h
@@ -791,6 +791,7 @@ void     nm_device_update_permanent_hw_address(NMDevice *self, gboolean force_fr
 void     nm_device_update_dynamic_ip_setup(NMDevice *self, const char *reason);
 guint    nm_device_get_supplicant_timeout(NMDevice *self);
 
+gboolean nm_device_auth_retries_has_next(NMDevice *self);
 gboolean nm_device_auth_retries_try_next(NMDevice *self);
 
 gboolean nm_device_hw_addr_get_cloned(NMDevice     *self,