diff --git a/include/linux/pinctrl/pinctrl.h b/include/linux/pinctrl/pinctrl.h
index a0d39b30343119e4e9d652bbe244dfa0f1b3a242..4d252ea00ed1a99a673fa0f73af976ef95d07410 100644
--- a/include/linux/pinctrl/pinctrl.h
+++ b/include/linux/pinctrl/pinctrl.h
@@ -206,6 +206,26 @@ extern int pinctrl_get_group_pins(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
 				const char *pin_group, const unsigned **pins,
 				unsigned *num_pins);
 
+/**
+ * struct pinfunction - Description about a function
+ * @name: Name of the function
+ * @groups: An array of groups for this function
+ * @ngroups: Number of groups in @groups
+ */
+struct pinfunction {
+	const char *name;
+	const char * const *groups;
+	size_t ngroups;
+};
+
+/* Convenience macro to define a single named pinfunction */
+#define PINCTRL_PINFUNCTION(_name, _groups, _ngroups)	\
+(struct pinfunction) {					\
+		.name = (_name),			\
+		.groups = (_groups),			\
+		.ngroups = (_ngroups),			\
+	}
+
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PINCTRL)
 extern struct pinctrl_dev *of_pinctrl_get(struct device_node *np);
 #else