diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index 133908a..13ba728 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -761,6 +761,42 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_property_read_string_index);
 
+/**
+ * of_property_match_string() - Find string in a list and return index
+ * @np: pointer to node containing string list property
+ * @propname: string list property name
+ * @string: pointer to string to search for in string list
+ *
+ * This function searches a string list property and returns the index
+ * of a specific string value.
+ */
+int of_property_match_string(struct device_node *np, const char *propname,
+			     const char *string)
+{
+	struct property *prop = of_find_property(np, propname, NULL);
+	size_t l;
+	int i;
+	const char *p, *end;
+
+	if (!prop)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (!prop->value)
+		return -ENODATA;
+
+	p = prop->value;
+	end = p + prop->length;
+
+	for (i = 0; p < end; i++, p += l) {
+		l = strlen(p) + 1;
+		if (p + l > end)
+			return -EILSEQ;
+		pr_debug("comparing %s with %s\n", string, p);
+		if (strcmp(string, p) == 0)
+			return i; /* Found it; return index */
+	}
+	return -ENODATA;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_property_match_string);
 
 /**
  * of_property_count_strings - Find and return the number of strings from a