diff --git a/include/sound/soc.h b/include/sound/soc.h
index d776cdee30d70d99e80a1909c3fb14774d92cfd5..11ca867033bd7d906056c581343f97070bdd4689 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc.h
@@ -475,6 +475,8 @@ int devm_snd_soc_register_component(struct device *dev,
 			 const struct snd_soc_component_driver *component_driver,
 			 struct snd_soc_dai_driver *dai_drv, int num_dai);
 void snd_soc_unregister_component(struct device *dev);
+struct snd_soc_component *snd_soc_lookup_component(struct device *dev,
+						   const char *driver_name);
 int snd_soc_cache_init(struct snd_soc_codec *codec);
 int snd_soc_cache_exit(struct snd_soc_codec *codec);
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index fb3435121172539c6725c117143448d74a1d3c85..6ec127346e9c457df78ba125cb274029ca895fdf 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -3481,6 +3481,32 @@ void snd_soc_unregister_component(struct device *dev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_soc_unregister_component);
 
+struct snd_soc_component *snd_soc_lookup_component(struct device *dev,
+						   const char *driver_name)
+{
+	struct snd_soc_component *component;
+	struct snd_soc_component *ret;
+
+	ret = NULL;
+	mutex_lock(&client_mutex);
+	list_for_each_entry(component, &component_list, list) {
+		if (dev != component->dev)
+			continue;
+
+		if (driver_name &&
+		    (driver_name != component->driver->name) &&
+		    (strcmp(component->driver->name, driver_name) != 0))
+			continue;
+
+		ret = component;
+		break;
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&client_mutex);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_soc_lookup_component);
+
 static int snd_soc_platform_drv_probe(struct snd_soc_component *component)
 {
 	struct snd_soc_platform *platform = snd_soc_component_to_platform(component);