diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c
index 5e01e8dede6b..5db21f9a6816 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c
@@ -439,6 +439,99 @@ static int rpmsg_dev_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 	return of_driver_match_device(dev, drv);
 }
 
+/**
+ * rpmsg_device_get_name_extension() - get the name extension of a rpmsg device
+ * @rpdev: the rpmsg device to work with
+ * @skip: how many characters in the extension should be skipped over
+ *
+ * With function rpmsg_id_match() allowing for extension of the base driver name
+ * in order to differentiate services, this function returns the extension part
+ * of an rpmsg device name.  As such and with the following rpmsg driver device
+ * id table and rpmsg device names:
+ *
+ * static struct rpmsg_device_id rpmsg_driver_sample_id_table[] = {
+ *      { .name = "rpmsg-client-sample" },
+ *      { },
+ * }
+ *
+ * rpdev1->id.name == "rpmsg-client-sample";
+ * rpdev2->id.name == "rpmsg-client-sample_instance0";
+ *
+ * Calling rpmsg_device_get_name_extension() will yields the following:
+ *
+ * rpmsg_device_get_name_extension(rpdev1, 0) == NULL;
+ * rpmsg_device_get_name_extension(rpdev2, 0) == "_instance0";
+ * rpmsg_device_get_name_extension(rpdev2, 1) == "instance0";
+ *
+ * Return: The name extension if found, NULL if the name of the RPMSG device
+ *	   equals the name of the RPMSG driver and an error if no match is
+ *	   found or a validation problem has occurred.
+ */
+const char *rpmsg_device_get_name_extension(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev,
+					    unsigned int skip)
+{
+	const char *drv_name, *dev_name, *extension;
+	const struct rpmsg_device_id *ids;
+	struct device *dev = &rpdev->dev;
+	struct rpmsg_driver *rpdrv;
+	bool match = false;
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	if (!dev->driver)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	rpdrv = to_rpmsg_driver(dev->driver);
+
+	/*
+	 * No point in going further if the device doesn't have name or
+	 * the driver doesn't have a table to work with.
+	 */
+	if (!rpdev->id.name[0] || !rpdrv->id_table)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	ids = rpdrv->id_table;
+	dev_name = rpdev->id.name;
+
+	/*
+	 * See if any name in the driver's table match the beginning
+	 * of the rpmsg device's name.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; ids[i].name[0]; i++) {
+		drv_name = ids[i].name;
+		if (strncmp(drv_name, dev_name, strlen(drv_name)) == 0) {
+			match = true;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * A match was not found, return an error to differentiate with cases
+	 * where a match was found but the name has no extension (see below).
+	 */
+	if (!match)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+
+	 /* No name extension to return if device and driver are the same */
+	if (strlen(dev_name) == strlen(drv_name))
+		return NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Make sure we were not requested to skip past the end
+	 * of the device name.
+	 */
+	if (strlen(drv_name) + skip >= strlen(dev_name))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	/*
+	 * Move past the base name published by the driver and
+	 * skip any extra characters if needed.
+	 */
+	extension = dev_name + strlen(drv_name) + skip;
+
+	return extension;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rpmsg_device_get_name_extension);
+
 static int rpmsg_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = to_rpmsg_device(dev);
diff --git a/include/linux/rpmsg.h b/include/linux/rpmsg.h
index 9fe156d1c018..9537b95ad30a 100644
--- a/include/linux/rpmsg.h
+++ b/include/linux/rpmsg.h
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ int rpmsg_trysend_offchannel(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept, u32 src, u32 dst,
 __poll_t rpmsg_poll(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept, struct file *filp,
 			poll_table *wait);
 
+const char *rpmsg_device_get_name_extension(struct rpmsg_device *dev,
+					    unsigned int skip);
+
 #else
 
 static inline int register_rpmsg_device(struct rpmsg_device *dev)
@@ -242,6 +245,16 @@ static inline __poll_t rpmsg_poll(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline
+const char *rpmsg_device_get_name_extension(struct rpmsg_device *dev,
+					    unsigned int skip)
+{
+	/* This shouldn't be possible */
+	WARN_ON(1);
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 #endif /* IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RPMSG) */
 
 /* use a macro to avoid include chaining to get THIS_MODULE */
