diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/testcases/tests-phandle.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/testcases/tests-phandle.dtsi
index ec0c4e6212c998819bf113e31c2a93eb11ecd6a6..0007d3cd7dc25c5d674309079a24bd6e725b7195 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/testcases/tests-phandle.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/testcases/tests-phandle.dtsi
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 				phandle-list-bad-phandle = <12345678 0 0>;
 				phandle-list-bad-args = <&provider2 1 0>,
 							<&provider3 0>;
+				empty-property;
+				unterminated-string = [40 41 42 43];
 			};
 		};
 	};
diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index 133908a6fd8db5270f3845ce387b3724d3845b7d..13ba72875e256bcee7afd1bf1c6123d09e3c564f 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -761,6 +761,42 @@ int of_property_read_string_index(struct device_node *np, const char *propname,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_property_read_string_index);
 
+/**
+ * of_property_match_string() - Find string in a list and return index
+ * @np: pointer to node containing string list property
+ * @propname: string list property name
+ * @string: pointer to string to search for in string list
+ *
+ * This function searches a string list property and returns the index
+ * of a specific string value.
+ */
+int of_property_match_string(struct device_node *np, const char *propname,
+			     const char *string)
+{
+	struct property *prop = of_find_property(np, propname, NULL);
+	size_t l;
+	int i;
+	const char *p, *end;
+
+	if (!prop)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (!prop->value)
+		return -ENODATA;
+
+	p = prop->value;
+	end = p + prop->length;
+
+	for (i = 0; p < end; i++, p += l) {
+		l = strlen(p) + 1;
+		if (p + l > end)
+			return -EILSEQ;
+		pr_debug("comparing %s with %s\n", string, p);
+		if (strcmp(string, p) == 0)
+			return i; /* Found it; return index */
+	}
+	return -ENODATA;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_property_match_string);
 
 /**
  * of_property_count_strings - Find and return the number of strings from a
diff --git a/drivers/of/selftest.c b/drivers/of/selftest.c
index 9d2b4803a9d67011b2de99cdbcfb6c9ceffb7dc2..f24ffd7088d20c590c14da6082c6354ff433bce4 100644
--- a/drivers/of/selftest.c
+++ b/drivers/of/selftest.c
@@ -120,6 +120,34 @@ static void __init of_selftest_parse_phandle_with_args(void)
 	pr_info("end - %s\n", passed_all ? "PASS" : "FAIL");
 }
 
+static void __init of_selftest_property_match_string(void)
+{
+	struct device_node *np;
+	int rc;
+
+	pr_info("start\n");
+	np = of_find_node_by_path("/testcase-data/phandle-tests/consumer-a");
+	if (!np) {
+		pr_err("No testcase data in device tree\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	rc = of_property_match_string(np, "phandle-list-names", "first");
+	selftest(rc == 0, "first expected:0 got:%i\n", rc);
+	rc = of_property_match_string(np, "phandle-list-names", "second");
+	selftest(rc == 1, "second expected:0 got:%i\n", rc);
+	rc = of_property_match_string(np, "phandle-list-names", "third");
+	selftest(rc == 2, "third expected:0 got:%i\n", rc);
+	rc = of_property_match_string(np, "phandle-list-names", "fourth");
+	selftest(rc == -ENODATA, "unmatched string; rc=%i", rc);
+	rc = of_property_match_string(np, "missing-property", "blah");
+	selftest(rc == -EINVAL, "missing property; rc=%i", rc);
+	rc = of_property_match_string(np, "empty-property", "blah");
+	selftest(rc == -ENODATA, "empty property; rc=%i", rc);
+	rc = of_property_match_string(np, "unterminated-string", "blah");
+	selftest(rc == -EILSEQ, "unterminated string; rc=%i", rc);
+}
+
 static int __init of_selftest(void)
 {
 	struct device_node *np;
@@ -133,6 +161,7 @@ static int __init of_selftest(void)
 
 	pr_info("start of selftest - you will see error messages\n");
 	of_selftest_parse_phandle_with_args();
+	of_selftest_property_match_string();
 	pr_info("end of selftest - %s\n", selftest_passed ? "PASS" : "FAIL");
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/of.h b/include/linux/of.h
index a75a831e2057f96e3519d100f988a584e18ac669..5a4a3adb17e5f9f30bba75909c58fd73ecb9eb7c 100644
--- a/include/linux/of.h
+++ b/include/linux/of.h
@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ extern int of_property_read_string(struct device_node *np,
 extern int of_property_read_string_index(struct device_node *np,
 					 const char *propname,
 					 int index, const char **output);
+extern int of_property_match_string(struct device_node *np,
+				    const char *propname,
+				    const char *string);
 extern int of_property_count_strings(struct device_node *np,
 				     const char *propname);
 extern int of_device_is_compatible(const struct device_node *device,