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diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index d687e6de24a0..128e114f9210 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -546,6 +546,38 @@ int of_machine_is_compatible(const char *compat)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_machine_is_compatible);
/**
+ * of_machine_get_model_name - Find and read the model name or the compatible
+ * value for the machine.
+ * @model: pointer to null terminated return string, modified only if
+ * return value is 0.
+ *
+ * Returns a string containing either the model name or the compatible value
+ * of the machine if found, else return error.
+ *
+ * Search for a machine model name or the compatible if model name is missing
+ * in a device tree node and retrieve a null terminated string value (pointer
+ * to data, not a copy). Returns 0 on success, -EINVAL if root of the device
+ * tree is not found and other error returned by of_property_read_string on
+ * failure.
+ */
+int of_machine_get_model_name(const char **model)
+{
+ int error;
+
+ if (!of_node_get(of_root))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ error = of_property_read_string(of_root, "model", model);
+ if (error)
+ error = of_property_read_string_index(of_root, "compatible",
+ 0, model);
+ of_node_put(of_root);
+
+ return error;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_machine_get_model_name);
+
+/**
* __of_device_is_available - check if a device is available for use
*
* @device: Node to check for availability, with locks already held