diff --git a/elliptic-curve/src/ops.rs b/elliptic-curve/src/ops.rs
index de87b5806..84dddd60d 100644
--- a/elliptic-curve/src/ops.rs
+++ b/elliptic-curve/src/ops.rs
@@ -172,6 +172,15 @@ where
             .map(|(point, scalar)| point * scalar)
             .sum()
     }
+
+    /// Calculates `x1 * k1 + ... + xn * kn`.
+    ///
+    /// This is equivalent to [`LinearCombination::lincomb`] except
+    /// that it may leak the value of the points and/or scalars due to
+    /// variable-time behavior.
+    fn lincomb_vartime(points_and_scalars: &PointsAndScalars) -> Self {
+        Self::lincomb(points_and_scalars)
+    }
 }
 
 /// Modular reduction to a non-zero output.