diff --git a/drivers/of/device.c b/drivers/of/device.c
index fd5cfad7c4030e..8a22a253a830aa 100644
--- a/drivers/of/device.c
+++ b/drivers/of/device.c
@@ -226,6 +226,29 @@ ssize_t of_device_get_modalias(struct device *dev, char *str, ssize_t len)
 	return tsize;
 }
 
+int of_device_request_module(struct device *dev)
+{
+	char *str;
+	ssize_t size;
+	int ret;
+
+	size = of_device_get_modalias(dev, NULL, 0);
+	if (size < 0)
+		return size;
+
+	str = kmalloc(size + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!str)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	of_device_get_modalias(dev, str, size);
+	str[size] = '\0';
+	ret = request_module(str);
+	kfree(str);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_device_request_module);
+
 /**
  * of_device_uevent - Display OF related uevent information
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/of_device.h b/include/linux/of_device.h
index cc7dd687a89dd6..e9afbcc8de120b 100644
--- a/include/linux/of_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/of_device.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ extern const void *of_device_get_match_data(const struct device *dev);
 
 extern ssize_t of_device_get_modalias(struct device *dev,
 					char *str, ssize_t len);
+extern int of_device_request_module(struct device *dev);
 
 extern void of_device_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
 extern int of_device_uevent_modalias(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
@@ -78,6 +79,11 @@ static inline int of_device_get_modalias(struct device *dev,
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
+static inline int of_device_request_module(struct device *dev)
+{
+	return -ENODEV;
+}
+
 static inline int of_device_uevent_modalias(struct device *dev,
 				   struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {