diff --git a/drivers/pnp/base.h b/drivers/pnp/base.h
index 6f60097c4212253b1a49331b4836262fa68ddb3d..4c2a625649943b1af8a70208cf6415ff408b7125 100644
--- a/drivers/pnp/base.h
+++ b/drivers/pnp/base.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ int pnp_check_dma(struct pnp_dev *dev, struct resource *res);
 void dbg_pnp_show_resources(struct pnp_dev *dev, char *desc);
 
 void pnp_init_resource(struct resource *res);
+int pnp_resource_type(struct resource *res);
 
 struct pnp_resource *pnp_get_pnp_resource(struct pnp_dev *dev,
 					  unsigned int type, unsigned int num);
diff --git a/drivers/pnp/resource.c b/drivers/pnp/resource.c
index 390b50096e30890f57d6cf6f55dc730d18013b47..cce341f743d4c052363f3e1847daefd72e27928a 100644
--- a/drivers/pnp/resource.c
+++ b/drivers/pnp/resource.c
@@ -499,6 +499,12 @@ int pnp_check_dma(struct pnp_dev *dev, struct resource *res)
 #endif
 }
 
+int pnp_resource_type(struct resource *res)
+{
+	return res->flags & (IORESOURCE_IO  | IORESOURCE_MEM |
+			     IORESOURCE_IRQ | IORESOURCE_DMA);
+}
+
 struct pnp_resource *pnp_get_pnp_resource(struct pnp_dev *dev,
 					  unsigned int type, unsigned int num)
 {