diff --git a/include/sound/soc.h b/include/sound/soc.h
index 6eabee7ec15a90197ff3024f827d47cfaad91095..b33d1de463968613755877bfb2387db2bf824c28 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc.h
@@ -475,6 +475,8 @@ int snd_soc_set_ac97_ops(struct snd_ac97_bus_ops *ops);
 struct snd_kcontrol *snd_soc_cnew(const struct snd_kcontrol_new *_template,
 				  void *data, const char *long_name,
 				  const char *prefix);
+struct snd_kcontrol *snd_soc_card_get_kcontrol(struct snd_soc_card *soc_card,
+					       const char *name);
 int snd_soc_add_codec_controls(struct snd_soc_codec *codec,
 	const struct snd_kcontrol_new *controls, int num_controls);
 int snd_soc_add_platform_controls(struct snd_soc_platform *platform,
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index 0ec070cf7231ebcc39a057061af8995d7f7574ff..cef714effc1e31edcc6db312560071b7fe7ff5c8 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -2299,6 +2299,22 @@ static int snd_soc_add_controls(struct snd_card *card, struct device *dev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+struct snd_kcontrol *snd_soc_card_get_kcontrol(struct snd_soc_card *soc_card,
+					       const char *name)
+{
+	struct snd_card *card = soc_card->snd_card;
+	struct snd_kcontrol *kctl;
+
+	if (unlikely(!name))
+		return NULL;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(kctl, &card->controls, list)
+		if (!strncmp(kctl->id.name, name, sizeof(kctl->id.name)))
+			return kctl;
+	return NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_soc_card_get_kcontrol);
+
 /**
  * snd_soc_add_codec_controls - add an array of controls to a codec.
  * Convenience function to add a list of controls. Many codecs were