diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 8ad06daa2eaa..0358dc3ea3ad 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -63,6 +63,21 @@ struct resource *platform_get_resource(struct platform_device *dev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_get_resource);
 
+struct resource *platform_get_mem_or_io(struct platform_device *dev,
+					unsigned int num)
+{
+	u32 i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < dev->num_resources; i++) {
+		struct resource *r = &dev->resource[i];
+
+		if ((resource_type(r) & (IORESOURCE_MEM|IORESOURCE_IO)) && num-- == 0)
+			return r;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_get_mem_or_io);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM
 /**
  * devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource - call devm_ioremap_resource() for a
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
index 77a2aada106d..ee6a9f10c2c7 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ extern struct device platform_bus;
 
 extern struct resource *platform_get_resource(struct platform_device *,
 					      unsigned int, unsigned int);
+extern struct resource *platform_get_mem_or_io(struct platform_device *,
+					       unsigned int);
+
 extern struct device *
 platform_find_device_by_driver(struct device *start,
 			       const struct device_driver *drv);