diff --git a/drivers/acpi/resource.c b/drivers/acpi/resource.c
index 56241eb341f4..cb57962ef7c4 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/resource.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/resource.c
@@ -664,3 +664,60 @@ int acpi_dev_filter_resource_type(struct acpi_resource *ares,
 	return (type & types) ? 0 : 1;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_dev_filter_resource_type);
+
+static int acpi_dev_consumes_res(struct acpi_device *adev, struct resource *res)
+{
+	struct list_head resource_list;
+	struct resource_entry *rentry;
+	int ret, found = 0;
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&resource_list);
+	ret = acpi_dev_get_resources(adev, &resource_list, NULL, NULL);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(rentry, &resource_list, node) {
+		if (resource_contains(rentry->res, res)) {
+			found = 1;
+			break;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	acpi_dev_free_resource_list(&resource_list);
+	return found;
+}
+
+static acpi_status acpi_res_consumer_cb(acpi_handle handle, u32 depth,
+					 void *context, void **ret)
+{
+	struct resource *res = context;
+	struct acpi_device **consumer = (struct acpi_device **) ret;
+	struct acpi_device *adev;
+
+	if (acpi_bus_get_device(handle, &adev))
+		return AE_OK;
+
+	if (acpi_dev_consumes_res(adev, res)) {
+		*consumer = adev;
+		return AE_CTRL_TERMINATE;
+	}
+
+	return AE_OK;
+}
+
+/**
+ * acpi_resource_consumer - Find the ACPI device that consumes @res.
+ * @res: Resource to search for.
+ *
+ * Search the current resource settings (_CRS) of every ACPI device node
+ * for @res.  If we find an ACPI device whose _CRS includes @res, return
+ * it.  Otherwise, return NULL.
+ */
+struct acpi_device *acpi_resource_consumer(struct resource *res)
+{
+	struct acpi_device *consumer = NULL;
+
+	acpi_get_devices(NULL, acpi_res_consumer_cb, res, (void **) &consumer);
+	return consumer;
+}
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index ddbeda6dbdc8..b00ad73c946d 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -419,6 +419,8 @@ static inline int acpi_dev_filter_resource_type_cb(struct acpi_resource *ares,
 	return acpi_dev_filter_resource_type(ares, (unsigned long)arg);
 }
 
+struct acpi_device *acpi_resource_consumer(struct resource *res);
+
 int acpi_check_resource_conflict(const struct resource *res);
 
 int acpi_check_region(resource_size_t start, resource_size_t n,
@@ -762,6 +764,11 @@ static inline int acpi_reconfig_notifier_unregister(struct notifier_block *nb)
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
+static inline struct acpi_device *acpi_resource_consumer(struct resource *res)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 #endif	/* !CONFIG_ACPI */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_HOTPLUG_IOAPIC