diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c
index e3661c20cf38..56f4ca0854c9 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/core.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
@@ -2137,6 +2137,37 @@ int regulator_map_voltage_iterate(struct regulator_dev *rdev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(regulator_map_voltage_iterate);
 
+/**
+ * regulator_map_voltage_ascend - map_voltage() for ascendant voltage list
+ *
+ * @rdev: Regulator to operate on
+ * @min_uV: Lower bound for voltage
+ * @max_uV: Upper bound for voltage
+ *
+ * Drivers that have ascendant voltage list can use this as their
+ * map_voltage() operation.
+ */
+int regulator_map_voltage_ascend(struct regulator_dev *rdev,
+				 int min_uV, int max_uV)
+{
+	int i, ret;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < rdev->desc->n_voltages; i++) {
+		ret = rdev->desc->ops->list_voltage(rdev, i);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			continue;
+
+		if (ret > max_uV)
+			break;
+
+		if (ret >= min_uV && ret <= max_uV)
+			return i;
+	}
+
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(regulator_map_voltage_ascend);
+
 /**
  * regulator_map_voltage_linear - map_voltage() for simple linear mappings
  *
diff --git a/include/linux/regulator/driver.h b/include/linux/regulator/driver.h
index 7df93f52db08..2acdc66f8342 100644
--- a/include/linux/regulator/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/regulator/driver.h
@@ -329,6 +329,8 @@ int regulator_map_voltage_linear(struct regulator_dev *rdev,
 				  int min_uV, int max_uV);
 int regulator_map_voltage_iterate(struct regulator_dev *rdev,
 				  int min_uV, int max_uV);
+int regulator_map_voltage_ascend(struct regulator_dev *rdev,
+				  int min_uV, int max_uV);
 int regulator_get_voltage_sel_regmap(struct regulator_dev *rdev);
 int regulator_set_voltage_sel_regmap(struct regulator_dev *rdev, unsigned sel);
 int regulator_is_enabled_regmap(struct regulator_dev *rdev);