diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index c181b94abc36..e2e813624df5 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -363,6 +363,29 @@ struct device_node *of_get_next_child(const struct device_node *node,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_get_next_child);
 
+/**
+ *	of_get_child_by_name - Find the child node by name for a given parent
+ *	@node:	parent node
+ *	@name:	child name to look for.
+ *
+ *      This function looks for child node for given matching name
+ *
+ *	Returns a node pointer if found, with refcount incremented, use
+ *	of_node_put() on it when done.
+ *	Returns NULL if node is not found.
+ */
+struct device_node *of_get_child_by_name(const struct device_node *node,
+				const char *name)
+{
+	struct device_node *child;
+
+	for_each_child_of_node(node, child)
+		if (child->name && (of_node_cmp(child->name, name) == 0))
+			break;
+	return child;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_get_child_by_name);
+
 /**
  *	of_find_node_by_path - Find a node matching a full OF path
  *	@path:	The full path to match
diff --git a/include/linux/of.h b/include/linux/of.h
index 5919ee33f2b7..fabb524d3d75 100644
--- a/include/linux/of.h
+++ b/include/linux/of.h
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ extern struct device_node *of_get_parent(const struct device_node *node);
 extern struct device_node *of_get_next_parent(struct device_node *node);
 extern struct device_node *of_get_next_child(const struct device_node *node,
 					     struct device_node *prev);
+extern struct device_node *of_get_child_by_name(const struct device_node *node,
+					const char *name);
 #define for_each_child_of_node(parent, child) \
 	for (child = of_get_next_child(parent, NULL); child != NULL; \
 	     child = of_get_next_child(parent, child))