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diff --git a/drivers/of/device.c b/drivers/of/device.c
index fd5cfad7c403..8a22a253a830 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
*/