diff --git a/Src/AmrCore/AMReX_FillPatchUtil.H b/Src/AmrCore/AMReX_FillPatchUtil.H
index e740ccce0d..2c41e7556d 100644
--- a/Src/AmrCore/AMReX_FillPatchUtil.H
+++ b/Src/AmrCore/AMReX_FillPatchUtil.H
@@ -694,6 +694,23 @@ namespace amrex
                            const PreInterpHook& pre_interp = {},
                            const PostInterpHook& post_interp = {});
 
+    /**
+     * \brief Fill with interpolation of coarse level data
+     *
+     * It's the CALLER's responsibility to make sure all ghost cells of the
+     * coarse MF needed for interpolation are filled already before calling
+     * this function. It's assumed that the fine level MultiFab mf's
+     * BoxArray is coarsenable by the refinement ratio. There is no support
+     * for EB.
+     */
+    template <typename MF, typename Interp>
+    std::enable_if_t<IsFabArray<MF>::value>
+    InterpFromCoarseLevel (MF& mf, IntVect const& nghost, const MF& cmf,
+                           int scomp, int dcomp, int ncomp,
+                           const Geometry& cgeom, const Geometry& fgeom,
+                           const IntVect& ratio, Interp* mapper,
+                           const Vector<BCRec>& bcs);
+
 #ifndef BL_NO_FORT
     enum InterpEM_t { InterpE, InterpB};
 
diff --git a/Src/AmrCore/AMReX_FillPatchUtil_I.H b/Src/AmrCore/AMReX_FillPatchUtil_I.H
index 190566a7fa..de77f37f88 100644
--- a/Src/AmrCore/AMReX_FillPatchUtil_I.H
+++ b/Src/AmrCore/AMReX_FillPatchUtil_I.H
@@ -1210,6 +1210,35 @@ InterpFromCoarseLevel (Array<MF*, AMREX_SPACEDIM> const& mf, IntVect const& ngho
     }
 }
 
+template <typename MF, typename Interp>
+std::enable_if_t<IsFabArray<MF>::value>
+InterpFromCoarseLevel (MF& mf, IntVect const& nghost, const MF& cmf,
+                       int scomp, int dcomp, int ncomp,
+                       const Geometry& cgeom, const Geometry& fgeom,
+                       const IntVect& ratio, Interp* mapper,
+                       const Vector<BCRec>& bcs)
+{
+    const BoxArray& ba = mf.boxArray();
+    const DistributionMapping& dm = mf.DistributionMap();
+
+    const IndexType& typ = ba.ixType();
+    BL_ASSERT(typ == cmf.boxArray().ixType());
+
+    const InterpolaterBoxCoarsener& coarsener = mapper->BoxCoarsener(ratio);
+    Box tmp(-nghost, IntVect(32), typ);
+    Box tmp2 = coarsener.doit(tmp);
+    IntVect src_ghost = -tmp2.smallEnd();
+
+    MF mf_crse_patch(amrex::coarsen(ba,ratio), dm, ncomp, src_ghost);
+    mf_crse_patch.ParallelCopy(cmf, scomp, 0, ncomp, src_ghost, src_ghost,
+                               cgeom.periodicity());
+
+    Box fdomain_g = amrex::convert(fgeom.Domain(),typ);
+    fdomain_g.grow(nghost);
+    FillPatchInterp(mf, dcomp, mf_crse_patch, 0, ncomp, IntVect(0), cgeom, fgeom,
+                    fdomain_g, ratio, mapper, bcs, 0);
+}
+
 template <typename MF, typename BC, typename Interp>
 std::enable_if_t<IsFabArray<MF>::value>
 FillPatchNLevels (MF& mf, int level, const IntVect& nghost, Real time,