diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index f807d0e..16fb2d9 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -1201,6 +1201,77 @@ void of_print_phandle_args(const char *msg, const struct of_phandle_args *args)
 	printk("\n");
 }
 
+void of_phandle_iter_next(struct of_phandle_iter *iter,
+			  struct of_phandle_args *out_args)
+{
+	phandle phandle;
+	struct device_node *dn;
+	int i, count = iter->cell_count;
+
+	iter->err = -EINVAL;
+	if (!iter->cells_name && !iter->cell_count)
+		return;
+
+	phandle = be32_to_cpup(iter->cur++);
+	if (!phandle)
+		return;
+
+	dn = of_find_node_by_phandle(phandle);
+	if (!dn)
+		return;
+
+	if (iter->cells_name)
+		if (of_property_read_u32(dn, iter->cells_name, &count))
+			return;
+
+	out_args->np = dn;
+	out_args->args_count = count;
+	for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
+		out_args->args[i] = be32_to_cpup(iter->cur++);
+
+	iter->err = 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_phandle_iter_next);
+
+static void __of_phandle_iter_set(struct of_phandle_iter *iter,
+				  const struct device_node *np,
+				  const char *list_name)
+{
+	size_t bytes;
+	const __be32 *prop;
+
+	prop = of_get_property(np, list_name, &bytes);
+	if (!prop) {
+		iter->err = -EINVAL;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	iter->cur = prop;
+	iter->end = prop + bytes / sizeof(*prop);
+	iter->err = 0;
+}
+
+void of_phandle_iter_start(struct of_phandle_iter *iter,
+			   const struct device_node *np,
+			   const char *list_name,
+			   const char *cells_name,
+			   int cell_count,
+			   struct of_phandle_args *out_args)
+{
+	iter->err = -EINVAL;
+	if (!cells_name && !cell_count)
+		return;
+
+	iter->cells_name = cells_name;
+	iter->cell_count = cell_count;
+	__of_phandle_iter_set(iter, np, list_name);
+	if (iter->err)
+		return;
+
+	of_phandle_iter_next(iter, out_args);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_phandle_iter_start);
+
 static int __of_parse_phandle_with_args(const struct device_node *np,
 					const char *list_name,
 					const char *cells_name,
diff --git a/include/linux/of.h b/include/linux/of.h
index 276c546..1132b49 100644
--- a/include/linux/of.h
+++ b/include/linux/of.h
@@ -74,6 +74,18 @@ struct of_phandle_args {
 	uint32_t args[MAX_PHANDLE_ARGS];
 };
 
+/*
+ * keep the state at iterating a list of phandles with variable number
+ * of args
+ */
+struct of_phandle_iter {
+	int		err;
+	const __be32	*cur;		/* current phandle */
+	const __be32	*end;		/* end of the last phandle */
+	const char	*cells_name;
+	int		cell_count;
+};
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_OF_DYNAMIC
 extern struct device_node *of_node_get(struct device_node *node);
 extern void of_node_put(struct device_node *node);
@@ -303,6 +315,16 @@ extern int of_parse_phandle_with_fixed_args(const struct device_node *np,
 extern int of_count_phandle_with_args(const struct device_node *np,
 	const char *list_name, const char *cells_name);
 
+extern void of_phandle_iter_start(struct of_phandle_iter *iter,
+				  const struct device_node *np,
+				  const char *list_name,
+				  const char *cells_name,
+				  int cell_count,
+				  struct of_phandle_args *out_args);
+
+extern void of_phandle_iter_next(struct of_phandle_iter *iter,
+				 struct of_phandle_args *out_args);
+
 extern void of_alias_scan(void * (*dt_alloc)(u64 size, u64 align));
 extern int of_alias_get_id(struct device_node *np, const char *stem);
 
@@ -527,6 +549,22 @@ static inline int of_count_phandle_with_args(struct device_node *np,
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
+static inline void of_phandle_iter_start(struct of_phandle_iter *iter,
+					 const struct device_node *np,
+					 const char *list_name,
+					 const char *cells_name,
+					 const int cell_count,
+					 struct of_phandle_args *out_args)
+{
+	iter->err = -ENOSYS;
+}
+
+static inline void of_phandle_iter_next(struct of_phandle_iter *iter,
+					struct of_phandle_args *out_args)
+{
+	iter->err = -ENOSYS;
+}
+
 static inline int of_alias_get_id(struct device_node *np, const char *stem)
 {
 	return -ENOSYS;
@@ -613,6 +651,13 @@ static inline int of_property_read_u32(const struct device_node *np,
 		s;						\
 		s = of_prop_next_string(prop, s))
 
+#define of_property_for_each_phandle_with_args(iter, node, list_name,	\
+					       cells_name, cell_count, out_args) \
+	for (of_phandle_iter_start(&iter, node, list_name,		\
+				   cells_name, cell_count, &out_args);	\
+	     !iter.err && iter.end - iter.cur >= 0 ;			\
+	     of_phandle_iter_next(&iter, &out_args))
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_PROC_FS) && defined(CONFIG_PROC_DEVICETREE)
 extern void proc_device_tree_add_node(struct device_node *, struct proc_dir_entry *);
 extern void proc_device_tree_add_prop(struct proc_dir_entry *pde, struct property *prop);
