diff --git a/include/linux/ioport.h b/include/linux/ioport.h
index 71ab79da7e7f6b3a12019849978e2da58a00b61c..26fad187d6610f3179dc3bf6b4b1b43820e1783a 100644
--- a/include/linux/ioport.h
+++ b/include/linux/ioport.h
@@ -112,12 +112,14 @@ struct resource_list {
 extern struct resource ioport_resource;
 extern struct resource iomem_resource;
 
+extern struct resource *request_resource_conflict(struct resource *root, struct resource *new);
 extern int request_resource(struct resource *root, struct resource *new);
 extern int release_resource(struct resource *new);
 void release_child_resources(struct resource *new);
 extern void reserve_region_with_split(struct resource *root,
 			     resource_size_t start, resource_size_t end,
 			     const char *name);
+extern struct resource *insert_resource_conflict(struct resource *parent, struct resource *new);
 extern int insert_resource(struct resource *parent, struct resource *new);
 extern void insert_resource_expand_to_fit(struct resource *root, struct resource *new);
 extern int allocate_resource(struct resource *root, struct resource *new,
diff --git a/kernel/resource.c b/kernel/resource.c
index 2d5be5d9bf5f2937fecaf881236cd48f13078fab..9c358e26353427b5a553e900014359c80c4eced2 100644
--- a/kernel/resource.c
+++ b/kernel/resource.c
@@ -219,19 +219,34 @@ void release_child_resources(struct resource *r)
 }
 
 /**
- * request_resource - request and reserve an I/O or memory resource
+ * request_resource_conflict - request and reserve an I/O or memory resource
  * @root: root resource descriptor
  * @new: resource descriptor desired by caller
  *
- * Returns 0 for success, negative error code on error.
+ * Returns 0 for success, conflict resource on error.
  */
-int request_resource(struct resource *root, struct resource *new)
+struct resource *request_resource_conflict(struct resource *root, struct resource *new)
 {
 	struct resource *conflict;
 
 	write_lock(&resource_lock);
 	conflict = __request_resource(root, new);
 	write_unlock(&resource_lock);
+	return conflict;
+}
+
+/**
+ * request_resource - request and reserve an I/O or memory resource
+ * @root: root resource descriptor
+ * @new: resource descriptor desired by caller
+ *
+ * Returns 0 for success, negative error code on error.
+ */
+int request_resource(struct resource *root, struct resource *new)
+{
+	struct resource *conflict;
+
+	conflict = request_resource_conflict(root, new);
 	return conflict ? -EBUSY : 0;
 }
 
@@ -474,25 +489,40 @@ static struct resource * __insert_resource(struct resource *parent, struct resou
 }
 
 /**
- * insert_resource - Inserts a resource in the resource tree
+ * insert_resource_conflict - Inserts resource in the resource tree
  * @parent: parent of the new resource
  * @new: new resource to insert
  *
- * Returns 0 on success, -EBUSY if the resource can't be inserted.
+ * Returns 0 on success, conflict resource if the resource can't be inserted.
  *
- * This function is equivalent to request_resource when no conflict
+ * This function is equivalent to request_resource_conflict when no conflict
  * happens. If a conflict happens, and the conflicting resources
  * entirely fit within the range of the new resource, then the new
  * resource is inserted and the conflicting resources become children of
  * the new resource.
  */
-int insert_resource(struct resource *parent, struct resource *new)
+struct resource *insert_resource_conflict(struct resource *parent, struct resource *new)
 {
 	struct resource *conflict;
 
 	write_lock(&resource_lock);
 	conflict = __insert_resource(parent, new);
 	write_unlock(&resource_lock);
+	return conflict;
+}
+
+/**
+ * insert_resource - Inserts a resource in the resource tree
+ * @parent: parent of the new resource
+ * @new: new resource to insert
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, -EBUSY if the resource can't be inserted.
+ */
+int insert_resource(struct resource *parent, struct resource *new)
+{
+	struct resource *conflict;
+
+	conflict = insert_resource_conflict(parent, new);
 	return conflict ? -EBUSY : 0;
 }