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diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index fd7511e04e62..b4c64528f13c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -2474,6 +2474,34 @@ struct device *device_find_child(struct device *parent, void *data,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_find_child);
+/**
+ * device_find_child_by_name - device iterator for locating a child device.
+ * @parent: parent struct device
+ * @name: name of the child device
+ *
+ * This is similar to the device_find_child() function above, but it
+ * returns a reference to a device that has the name @name.
+ *
+ * NOTE: you will need to drop the reference with put_device() after use.
+ */
+struct device *device_find_child_by_name(struct device *parent,
+ const char *name)
+{
+ struct klist_iter i;
+ struct device *child;
+
+ if (!parent)
+ return NULL;
+
+ klist_iter_init(&parent->p->klist_children, &i);
+ while ((child = next_device(&i)))
+ if (!strcmp(dev_name(child), name) && get_device(child))
+ break;
+ klist_iter_exit(&i);
+ return child;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_find_child_by_name);
+
int __init devices_init(void)
{
devices_kset = kset_create_and_add("devices", &device_uevent_ops, NULL);