diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index 2ce58be..785e9cc 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -615,6 +615,27 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_modalias_node);
 
 /**
+ * of_find_node_by_phandle - Find a node given a phandle
+ * @handle:	phandle of the node to find
+ *
+ * Returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, use
+ * of_node_put() on it when done.
+ */
+struct device_node *of_find_node_by_phandle(phandle handle)
+{
+	struct device_node *np;
+
+	read_lock(&devtree_lock);
+	for (np = allnodes; np; np = np->allnext)
+		if (np->phandle == handle)
+			break;
+	of_node_get(np);
+	read_unlock(&devtree_lock);
+	return np;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_find_node_by_phandle);
+
+/**
  * of_parse_phandle - Resolve a phandle property to a device_node pointer
  * @np: Pointer to device node holding phandle property
  * @phandle_name: Name of property holding a phandle value