diff --git a/drivers/pci/host-bridge.c b/drivers/pci/host-bridge.c
index 39b2dbe585aae651c930704eb4f1f53a68c66203..3e5bbf9e88899bc05a8fd457a6a24aa505243586 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/host-bridge.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/host-bridge.c
@@ -23,6 +23,20 @@ static struct pci_host_bridge *find_pci_host_bridge(struct pci_bus *bus)
 	return to_pci_host_bridge(root_bus->bridge);
 }
 
+struct device *pci_get_host_bridge_device(struct pci_dev *dev)
+{
+	struct pci_bus *root_bus = find_pci_root_bus(dev->bus);
+	struct device *bridge = root_bus->bridge;
+
+	kobject_get(&bridge->kobj);
+	return bridge;
+}
+
+void  pci_put_host_bridge_device(struct device *dev)
+{
+	kobject_put(&dev->kobj);
+}
+
 void pci_set_host_bridge_release(struct pci_host_bridge *bridge,
 				 void (*release_fn)(struct pci_host_bridge *),
 				 void *release_data)
diff --git a/include/linux/pci.h b/include/linux/pci.h
index 211e9da8a7d79df19261f2887f6d972ef11733b6..a379513bddefd29226bdf80b4e7c46f52534b0f5 100644
--- a/include/linux/pci.h
+++ b/include/linux/pci.h
@@ -510,6 +510,9 @@ static inline struct pci_dev *pci_upstream_bridge(struct pci_dev *dev)
 	return dev->bus->self;
 }
 
+struct device *pci_get_host_bridge_device(struct pci_dev *dev);
+void pci_put_host_bridge_device(struct device *dev);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_MSI
 static inline bool pci_dev_msi_enabled(struct pci_dev *pci_dev)
 {