diff --git a/Documentation/remoteproc.txt b/Documentation/remoteproc.txt
index e6469fdcf89a..ef0219fa4bb4 100644
--- a/Documentation/remoteproc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/remoteproc.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ cost.
         rproc_shutdown() returns, and users can still use it with a subsequent
         rproc_boot(), if needed.
 
+  struct rproc *rproc_get_by_phandle(phandle phandle)
+    - Find an rproc handle using a device tree phandle. Returns the rproc
+      handle on success, and NULL on failure. This function increments
+      the remote processor's refcount, so always use rproc_put() to
+      decrement it back once rproc isn't needed anymore.
+
 3. Typical usage
 
 #include <linux/remoteproc.h>
diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
index e991512e04ed..e1a6d693b8bb 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
 
 #include "remoteproc_internal.h"
 
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(rproc_list_mutex);
+static LIST_HEAD(rproc_list);
+
 typedef int (*rproc_handle_resources_t)(struct rproc *rproc,
 				struct resource_table *table, int len);
 typedef int (*rproc_handle_resource_t)(struct rproc *rproc,
@@ -1144,6 +1147,43 @@ void rproc_shutdown(struct rproc *rproc)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_shutdown);
 
+/**
+ * rproc_get_by_phandle() - find a remote processor by phandle
+ * @phandle: phandle to the rproc
+ *
+ * Finds an rproc handle using the remote processor's phandle, and then
+ * return a handle to the rproc.
+ *
+ * This function increments the remote processor's refcount, so always
+ * use rproc_put() to decrement it back once rproc isn't needed anymore.
+ *
+ * Returns the rproc handle on success, and NULL on failure.
+ */
+struct rproc *rproc_get_by_phandle(phandle phandle)
+{
+	struct rproc *rproc = NULL, *r;
+	struct device_node *np;
+
+	np = of_find_node_by_phandle(phandle);
+	if (!np)
+		return NULL;
+
+	mutex_lock(&rproc_list_mutex);
+	list_for_each_entry(r, &rproc_list, node) {
+		if (r->dev.parent && r->dev.parent->of_node == np) {
+			rproc = r;
+			get_device(&rproc->dev);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&rproc_list_mutex);
+
+	of_node_put(np);
+
+	return rproc;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_get_by_phandle);
+
 /**
  * rproc_add() - register a remote processor
  * @rproc: the remote processor handle to register
@@ -1173,6 +1213,11 @@ int rproc_add(struct rproc *rproc)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
+	/* expose to rproc_get_by_phandle users */
+	mutex_lock(&rproc_list_mutex);
+	list_add(&rproc->node, &rproc_list);
+	mutex_unlock(&rproc_list_mutex);
+
 	dev_info(dev, "%s is available\n", rproc->name);
 
 	dev_info(dev, "Note: remoteproc is still under development and considered experimental.\n");
@@ -1360,6 +1405,11 @@ int rproc_del(struct rproc *rproc)
 	/* Free the copy of the resource table */
 	kfree(rproc->cached_table);
 
+	/* the rproc is downref'ed as soon as it's removed from the klist */
+	mutex_lock(&rproc_list_mutex);
+	list_del(&rproc->node);
+	mutex_unlock(&rproc_list_mutex);
+
 	device_del(&rproc->dev);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/remoteproc.h b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
index 78b8a9b9d40a..56739e5df1e6 100644
--- a/include/linux/remoteproc.h
+++ b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@
 #define REMOTEPROC_H
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
-#include <linux/klist.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/virtio.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
 
 /**
  * struct resource_table - firmware resource table header
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ enum rproc_crash_type {
 
 /**
  * struct rproc - represents a physical remote processor device
- * @node: klist node of this rproc object
+ * @node: list node of this rproc object
  * @domain: iommu domain
  * @name: human readable name of the rproc
  * @firmware: name of firmware file to be loaded
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ enum rproc_crash_type {
  * @has_iommu: flag to indicate if remote processor is behind an MMU
  */
 struct rproc {
-	struct klist_node node;
+	struct list_head node;
 	struct iommu_domain *domain;
 	const char *name;
 	const char *firmware;
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ struct rproc_vdev {
 	u32 rsc_offset;
 };
 
+struct rproc *rproc_get_by_phandle(phandle phandle);
 struct rproc *rproc_alloc(struct device *dev, const char *name,
 				const struct rproc_ops *ops,
 				const char *firmware, int len);