diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c
index ebdf0016e536132e06e0ba2fd0b48f08a7a9227f..ff76ef1d7232b3da5dceb020e32ca11a66ed03d4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c
@@ -3633,3 +3633,18 @@ void __init omap_hwmod_init(void)
 
 	inited = true;
 }
+
+/**
+ * omap_hwmod_get_main_clk - get pointer to main clock name
+ * @oh: struct omap_hwmod *
+ *
+ * Returns the main clock name assocated with @oh upon success,
+ * or NULL if @oh is NULL.
+ */
+const char *omap_hwmod_get_main_clk(struct omap_hwmod *oh)
+{
+	if (!oh)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return oh->main_clk;
+}
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/omap_hwmod.h b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/omap_hwmod.h
index 30f55eb8b0bc6b2bfaf908204a39ad2437bc7605..6132972aff372e399f1595f9e8e398f06a5b5fa8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/omap_hwmod.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/omap_hwmod.h
@@ -648,6 +648,8 @@ int omap_hwmod_pad_route_irq(struct omap_hwmod *oh, int pad_idx, int irq_idx);
 
 extern void __init omap_hwmod_init(void);
 
+const char *omap_hwmod_get_main_clk(struct omap_hwmod *oh);
+
 /*
  * Chip variant-specific hwmod init routines - XXX should be converted
  * to use initcalls once the initial boot ordering is straightened out