diff --git a/drivers/leds/led-class.c b/drivers/leds/led-class.c
index 4387743..03ce74a 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/led-class.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/led-class.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/uleds.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
 #include "leds.h"
 
 static struct class *leds_class;
@@ -214,6 +215,49 @@ static int led_resume(struct device *dev)
 
 static SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS(leds_class_dev_pm_ops, led_suspend, led_resume);
 
+/**
+ * of_led_get() - request a LED device via the LED framework
+ * @np: device node to get the LED device from
+ * @index: the index of the LED
+ *
+ * Returns the LED device parsed from the phandle specified in the "leds"
+ * property of a device tree node or a negative error-code on failure.
+ */
+struct led_classdev *of_led_get(struct device_node *np, int index)
+{
+	struct device *led_dev;
+	struct led_classdev *led_cdev;
+	struct device_node *led_node;
+
+	led_node = of_parse_phandle(np, "leds", index);
+	if (!led_node)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+
+	led_dev = class_find_device_by_of_node(leds_class, led_node);
+	of_node_put(led_node);
+
+	if (!led_dev)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
+
+	led_cdev = dev_get_drvdata(led_dev);
+
+	if (!try_module_get(led_cdev->dev->parent->driver->owner))
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+
+	return led_cdev;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_led_get);
+
+/**
+ * led_put() - release a LED device
+ * @led_cdev: LED device
+ */
+void led_put(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
+{
+	module_put(led_cdev->dev->parent->driver->owner);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(led_put);
+
 static int led_classdev_next_name(const char *init_name, char *name,
 				  size_t len)
 {