diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index c588a8504c99f56769fae732b0f56cefc47b1ce5..2151d0b353b371ac9005eb9b3e6131896132d0dc 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -1799,6 +1799,22 @@ i2c_of_match_device_sysfs(const struct of_device_id *matches,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+const struct of_device_id
+*i2c_of_match_device(const struct of_device_id *matches,
+		     struct i2c_client *client)
+{
+	const struct of_device_id *match;
+
+	if (!(client && matches))
+		return NULL;
+
+	match = of_match_device(matches, &client->dev);
+	if (match)
+		return match;
+
+	return i2c_of_match_device_sysfs(matches, client);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_of_match_device);
 #else
 static void of_i2c_register_devices(struct i2c_adapter *adap) { }
 #endif /* CONFIG_OF */
diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h
index 6422eef428c4e2a97c244fa274405cac7c425c82..c0a4a12815aad2bd3015bfc10c5dabed8dd24be6 100644
--- a/include/linux/i2c.h
+++ b/include/linux/i2c.h
@@ -774,6 +774,10 @@ extern struct i2c_adapter *of_find_i2c_adapter_by_node(struct device_node *node)
 /* must call i2c_put_adapter() when done with returned i2c_adapter device */
 struct i2c_adapter *of_get_i2c_adapter_by_node(struct device_node *node);
 
+extern const struct of_device_id
+*i2c_of_match_device(const struct of_device_id *matches,
+		     struct i2c_client *client);
+
 #else
 
 static inline struct i2c_client *of_find_i2c_device_by_node(struct device_node *node)
@@ -790,6 +794,14 @@ static inline struct i2c_adapter *of_get_i2c_adapter_by_node(struct device_node
 {
 	return NULL;
 }
+
+static inline const struct of_device_id
+*i2c_of_match_device(const struct of_device_id *matches,
+		     struct i2c_client *client)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_OF */
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ACPI)