diff --git a/drivers/core/uclass.c b/drivers/core/uclass.c
index ffe69956d591c058e3a4410f5a1bbee71a63eec0..5c4a66dd8cf6e9616e917e8ba1d1bdc64cdb8e17 100644
--- a/drivers/core/uclass.c
+++ b/drivers/core/uclass.c
@@ -273,6 +273,37 @@ static int uclass_find_device_by_of_offset(enum uclass_id id, int node,
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
+static int uclass_find_device_by_phandle(enum uclass_id id,
+					 struct udevice *parent,
+					 const char *name,
+					 struct udevice **devp)
+{
+	struct udevice *dev;
+	struct uclass *uc;
+	int find_phandle;
+	int ret;
+
+	*devp = NULL;
+	find_phandle = fdtdec_get_int(gd->fdt_blob, parent->of_offset, name,
+				      -1);
+	if (find_phandle <= 0)
+		return -ENOENT;
+	ret = uclass_get(id, &uc);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(dev, &uc->dev_head, uclass_node) {
+		uint phandle = fdt_get_phandle(gd->fdt_blob, dev->of_offset);
+
+		if (phandle == find_phandle) {
+			*devp = dev;
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return -ENODEV;
+}
+
 int uclass_get_device_tail(struct udevice *dev, int ret,
 				  struct udevice **devp)
 {
@@ -338,6 +369,17 @@ int uclass_get_device_by_of_offset(enum uclass_id id, int node,
 	return uclass_get_device_tail(dev, ret, devp);
 }
 
+int uclass_get_device_by_phandle(enum uclass_id id, struct udevice *parent,
+				 const char *name, struct udevice **devp)
+{
+	struct udevice *dev;
+	int ret;
+
+	*devp = NULL;
+	ret = uclass_find_device_by_phandle(id, parent, name, &dev);
+	return uclass_get_device_tail(dev, ret, devp);
+}
+
 int uclass_first_device(enum uclass_id id, struct udevice **devp)
 {
 	struct udevice *dev;
diff --git a/include/dm/uclass.h b/include/dm/uclass.h
index 4cfc0df84c21bac942c633279ea358e968527f53..3fe17397e1202c76315c9f0f13d6cd63259ac032 100644
--- a/include/dm/uclass.h
+++ b/include/dm/uclass.h
@@ -176,6 +176,23 @@ int uclass_get_device_by_seq(enum uclass_id id, int seq, struct udevice **devp);
 int uclass_get_device_by_of_offset(enum uclass_id id, int node,
 				   struct udevice **devp);
 
+/**
+ * uclass_get_device_by_phandle() - Get a uclass device by phandle
+ *
+ * This searches the devices in the uclass for one with the given phandle.
+ *
+ * The device is probed to activate it ready for use.
+ *
+ * @id: uclass ID to look up
+ * @parent: Parent device containing the phandle pointer
+ * @name: Name of property in the parent device node
+ * @devp: Returns pointer to device (there is only one for each node)
+ * @return 0 if OK, -ENOENT if there is no @name present in the node, other
+ *	-ve on error
+ */
+int uclass_get_device_by_phandle(enum uclass_id id, struct udevice *parent,
+				 const char *name, struct udevice **devp);
+
 /**
  * uclass_first_device() - Get the first device in a uclass
  *