diff --git a/drivers/power/power_supply_core.c b/drivers/power/power_supply_core.c
index 6aac23cc6566..26606641fe44 100644
--- a/drivers/power/power_supply_core.c
+++ b/drivers/power/power_supply_core.c
@@ -341,6 +341,32 @@ struct power_supply *power_supply_get_by_name(const char *name)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(power_supply_get_by_name);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_OF
+static int power_supply_match_device_node(struct device *dev, const void *data)
+{
+	return dev->parent && dev->parent->of_node == data;
+}
+
+struct power_supply *power_supply_get_by_phandle(struct device_node *np,
+							const char *property)
+{
+	struct device_node *power_supply_np;
+	struct device *dev;
+
+	power_supply_np = of_parse_phandle(np, property, 0);
+	if (!power_supply_np)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+
+	dev = class_find_device(power_supply_class, NULL, power_supply_np,
+						power_supply_match_device_node);
+
+	of_node_put(power_supply_np);
+
+	return dev ? dev_get_drvdata(dev) : NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(power_supply_get_by_phandle);
+#endif /* CONFIG_OF */
+
 int power_supply_powers(struct power_supply *psy, struct device *dev)
 {
 	return sysfs_create_link(&psy->dev->kobj, &dev->kobj, "powers");
diff --git a/include/linux/power_supply.h b/include/linux/power_supply.h
index 3e28fe188d17..c9dc4e09854c 100644
--- a/include/linux/power_supply.h
+++ b/include/linux/power_supply.h
@@ -244,6 +244,14 @@ extern struct atomic_notifier_head power_supply_notifier;
 extern int power_supply_reg_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
 extern void power_supply_unreg_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
 extern struct power_supply *power_supply_get_by_name(const char *name);
+#ifdef CONFIG_OF
+extern struct power_supply *power_supply_get_by_phandle(struct device_node *np,
+							const char *property);
+#else /* !CONFIG_OF */
+static inline struct power_supply *
+power_supply_get_by_phandle(struct device_node *np, const char *property)
+{ return NULL; }
+#endif /* CONFIG_OF */
 extern void power_supply_changed(struct power_supply *psy);
 extern int power_supply_am_i_supplied(struct power_supply *psy);
 extern int power_supply_set_battery_charged(struct power_supply *psy);