diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-of.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-of.c
index 3ac634891f75..c52fb9620e11 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-of.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-of.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
@@ -141,6 +142,10 @@ static void v4l2_of_parse_parallel_bus(const struct device_node *node,
  * V4L2_MBUS_CSI2_CONTINUOUS_CLOCK flag.
  * The caller should hold a reference to @node.
  *
+ * NOTE: This function does not parse properties the size of which is
+ * variable without a low fixed limit. Please use
+ * v4l2_of_alloc_parse_endpoint() in new drivers instead.
+ *
  * Return: 0.
  */
 int v4l2_of_parse_endpoint(const struct device_node *node,
@@ -167,6 +172,88 @@ int v4l2_of_parse_endpoint(const struct device_node *node,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(v4l2_of_parse_endpoint);
 
+/*
+ * v4l2_of_free_endpoint() - free the endpoint acquired by
+ * v4l2_of_alloc_parse_endpoint()
+ * @endpoint - the endpoint the resources of which are to be released
+ *
+ * It is safe to call this function with NULL argument or on an
+ * endpoint the parsing of which failed.
+ */
+void v4l2_of_free_endpoint(struct v4l2_of_endpoint *endpoint)
+{
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(endpoint))
+		return;
+
+	kfree(endpoint->link_frequencies);
+	kfree(endpoint);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(v4l2_of_free_endpoint);
+
+/**
+ * v4l2_of_alloc_parse_endpoint() - parse all endpoint node properties
+ * @node: pointer to endpoint device_node
+ *
+ * All properties are optional. If none are found, we don't set any flags.
+ * This means the port has a static configuration and no properties have
+ * to be specified explicitly.
+ * If any properties that identify the bus as parallel are found and
+ * slave-mode isn't set, we set V4L2_MBUS_MASTER. Similarly, if we recognise
+ * the bus as serial CSI-2 and clock-noncontinuous isn't set, we set the
+ * V4L2_MBUS_CSI2_CONTINUOUS_CLOCK flag.
+ * The caller should hold a reference to @node.
+ *
+ * v4l2_of_alloc_parse_endpoint() has two important differences to
+ * v4l2_of_parse_endpoint():
+ *
+ * 1. It also parses variable size data and
+ *
+ * 2. The memory it has allocated to store the variable size data must
+ *    be freed using v4l2_of_free_endpoint() when no longer needed.
+ *
+ * Return: Pointer to v4l2_of_endpoint if successful, on error a
+ * negative error code.
+ */
+struct v4l2_of_endpoint *v4l2_of_alloc_parse_endpoint(
+	const struct device_node *node)
+{
+	struct v4l2_of_endpoint *endpoint;
+	int len;
+	int rval;
+
+	endpoint = kzalloc(sizeof(*endpoint), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!endpoint)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	rval = v4l2_of_parse_endpoint(node, endpoint);
+	if (rval < 0)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	if (of_get_property(node, "link-frequencies", &len)) {
+		endpoint->link_frequencies = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!endpoint->link_frequencies) {
+			rval = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+
+		endpoint->nr_of_link_frequencies =
+			len / sizeof(*endpoint->link_frequencies);
+
+		rval = of_property_read_u64_array(
+			node, "link-frequencies", endpoint->link_frequencies,
+			endpoint->nr_of_link_frequencies);
+		if (rval < 0)
+			goto out_err;
+	}
+
+	return endpoint;
+
+out_err:
+	v4l2_of_free_endpoint(endpoint);
+	return ERR_PTR(rval);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(v4l2_of_alloc_parse_endpoint);
+
 /**
  * v4l2_of_parse_link() - parse a link between two endpoints
  * @node: pointer to the endpoint at the local end of the link
diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-of.h b/include/media/v4l2-of.h
index 6c85c079544f..241e98aee40e 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-of.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-of.h
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ struct v4l2_of_bus_parallel {
  * @base: struct of_endpoint containing port, id, and local of_node
  * @bus_type: bus type
  * @bus: bus configuration data structure
+ * @link_frequencies: array of supported link frequencies
+ * @nr_of_link_frequencies: number of elements in link_frequenccies array
  */
 struct v4l2_of_endpoint {
 	struct of_endpoint base;
@@ -66,6 +68,8 @@ struct v4l2_of_endpoint {
 		struct v4l2_of_bus_parallel parallel;
 		struct v4l2_of_bus_mipi_csi2 mipi_csi2;
 	} bus;
+	u64 *link_frequencies;
+	unsigned int nr_of_link_frequencies;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -85,6 +89,9 @@ struct v4l2_of_link {
 #ifdef CONFIG_OF
 int v4l2_of_parse_endpoint(const struct device_node *node,
 			   struct v4l2_of_endpoint *endpoint);
+struct v4l2_of_endpoint *v4l2_of_alloc_parse_endpoint(
+	const struct device_node *node);
+void v4l2_of_free_endpoint(struct v4l2_of_endpoint *endpoint);
 int v4l2_of_parse_link(const struct device_node *node,
 		       struct v4l2_of_link *link);
 void v4l2_of_put_link(struct v4l2_of_link *link);
@@ -96,6 +103,16 @@ static inline int v4l2_of_parse_endpoint(const struct device_node *node,
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
+struct v4l2_of_endpoint *v4l2_of_alloc_parse_endpoint(
+	const struct device_node *node)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static void v4l2_of_free_endpoint(struct v4l2_of_endpoint *endpoint)
+{
+}
+
 static inline int v4l2_of_parse_link(const struct device_node *node,
 				     struct v4l2_of_link *link)
 {