diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index 321d3ef..d114515 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -1066,11 +1066,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_parse_phandle);
  * @cells_name:	property name that specifies phandles' arguments count
  * @index:	index of a phandle to parse out
  * @out_args:	optional pointer to output arguments structure (will be filled)
+ * @parent:	optional parent-compatibility string
  *
  * This function is useful to parse lists of phandles and their arguments.
  * Returns 0 on success and fills out_args, on error returns appropriate
  * errno value.
  *
+ * If @parent is specified and the DT node, pointed by the currently iterated
+ * phandle is compatible with it, it is assumed, that the phandle is a parent of
+ * DT nodes with equal cell counts. In that case the first child is taken.
+ *
  * Caller is responsible to call of_node_put() on the returned out_args->node
  * pointer.
  *
@@ -1094,7 +1099,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_parse_phandle);
 static int __of_parse_phandle_with_args(const struct device_node *np,
 					const char *list_name,
 					const char *cells_name, int index,
-					struct of_phandle_args *out_args)
+					struct of_phandle_args *out_args,
+					const char *parent)
 {
 	const __be32 *list, *list_end;
 	int rc = 0, size, cur_index = 0;
@@ -1129,6 +1135,12 @@ static int __of_parse_phandle_with_args(const struct device_node *np,
 					 np->full_name);
 				goto err;
 			}
+			if (parent && of_device_is_compatible(node, parent)) {
+				struct device_node *child =
+					of_get_next_available_child(node, NULL);
+				of_node_put(node);
+				node = child;
+			}
 			if (of_property_read_u32(node, cells_name, &count)) {
 				pr_err("%s: could not get %s for %s\n",
 					 np->full_name, cells_name,
@@ -1199,10 +1211,20 @@ int of_parse_phandle_with_args(const struct device_node *np, const char *list_na
 {
 	if (index < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	return __of_parse_phandle_with_args(np, list_name, cells_name, index, out_args);
+	return __of_parse_phandle_with_args(np, list_name, cells_name, index, out_args, NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_parse_phandle_with_args);
 
+int of_parse_phandle_with_child_args(const struct device_node *np, const char *list_name,
+				     const char *cells_name, int index,
+				     struct of_phandle_args *out_args, const char *parent)
+{
+	if (index < 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return __of_parse_phandle_with_args(np, list_name, cells_name, index, out_args, parent);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_parse_phandle_with_child_args);
+
 /**
  * of_count_phandle_with_args() - Find the number of phandles references in a property
  * @np:		pointer to a device tree node containing a list
@@ -1221,7 +1243,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_parse_phandle_with_args);
 int of_count_phandle_with_args(const struct device_node *np, const char *list_name,
 				const char *cells_name)
 {
-	return __of_parse_phandle_with_args(np, list_name, cells_name, -1, NULL);
+	return __of_parse_phandle_with_args(np, list_name, cells_name, -1, NULL, NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_count_phandle_with_args);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/of.h b/include/linux/of.h
index a0f1292..30ae71f 100644
--- a/include/linux/of.h
+++ b/include/linux/of.h
@@ -277,6 +277,12 @@ extern struct device_node *of_parse_phandle(const struct device_node *np,
 extern int of_parse_phandle_with_args(const struct device_node *np,
 	const char *list_name, const char *cells_name, int index,
 	struct of_phandle_args *out_args);
+extern int of_parse_phandle_with_child_args(const struct device_node *np,
+					    const char *list_name,
+					    const char *cells_name,
+					    int index,
+					    struct of_phandle_args *out_args,
+					    const char *parent);
 extern int of_count_phandle_with_args(const struct device_node *np,
 	const char *list_name, const char *cells_name);
 
@@ -469,6 +475,16 @@ static inline int of_parse_phandle_with_args(struct device_node *np,
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
+static inline int of_parse_phandle_with_child_args(const struct device_node *np,
+						   const char *list_name,
+						   const char *cells_name,
+						   int index,
+						   struct of_phandle_args *out_args,
+						   const char *parent)
+{
+	return -ENOSYS;
+}
+
 static inline int of_count_phandle_with_args(struct device_node *np,
 					     const char *list_name,
 					     const char *cells_name)
