diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
index 7d689a15c500bb34ddc3331f33b57512890341aa..285afa7470c07a0ce8183f4951c8ff2696384d0d 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
@@ -1369,6 +1369,26 @@ int regmap_field_write(struct regmap_field *field, unsigned int val)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(regmap_field_write);
 
+/**
+ * regmap_field_update_bits():	Perform a read/modify/write cycle
+ *                              on the register field
+ *
+ * @field: Register field to write to
+ * @mask: Bitmask to change
+ * @val: Value to be written
+ *
+ * A value of zero will be returned on success, a negative errno will
+ * be returned in error cases.
+ */
+int regmap_field_update_bits(struct regmap_field *field, unsigned int mask, unsigned int val)
+{
+	mask = (mask << field->shift) & field->mask;
+
+	return regmap_update_bits(field->regmap, field->reg,
+				  mask, val << field->shift);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(regmap_field_update_bits);
+
 /*
  * regmap_bulk_write(): Write multiple registers to the device
  *
diff --git a/include/linux/regmap.h b/include/linux/regmap.h
index a10380bfbeac9b4c4d018c99a5c914d672833f04..4c8c20a7a75dac66f406a976af8d1825aba81ffa 100644
--- a/include/linux/regmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/regmap.h
@@ -448,6 +448,8 @@ void devm_regmap_field_free(struct device *dev,	struct regmap_field *field);
 
 int regmap_field_read(struct regmap_field *field, unsigned int *val);
 int regmap_field_write(struct regmap_field *field, unsigned int val);
+int regmap_field_update_bits(struct regmap_field *field,
+			     unsigned int mask, unsigned int val);
 
 /**
  * Description of an IRQ for the generic regmap irq_chip.