diff --git a/include/sound/core.h b/include/sound/core.h
index 506aa9f..3c493ad 100644
--- a/include/sound/core.h
+++ b/include/sound/core.h
@@ -427,4 +427,29 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
+/* PCI quirk list helper */
+struct snd_pci_quirk {
+	unsigned short subvendor;	/* PCI subvendor ID */
+	unsigned short subdevice;	/* PCI subdevice ID */
+	int value;			/* value */
+#ifdef CONFIG_SND_DEBUG_DETECT
+	const char *name;		/* name of the device (optional) */
+#endif
+};
+
+#define _SND_PCI_QUIRK_ID(vend,dev) \
+	.subvendor = (vend), .subdevice = (dev)
+#define SND_PCI_QUIRK_ID(vend,dev) {_SND_PCI_QUIRK_ID(vend, dev)}
+#ifdef CONFIG_SND_DEBUG_DETECT
+#define SND_PCI_QUIRK(vend,dev,xname,val) \
+	{_SND_PCI_QUIRK_ID(vend, dev), .value = (val), .name = (xname)}
+#else
+#define SND_PCI_QUIRK(vend,dev,xname,val) \
+	{_SND_PCI_QUIRK_ID(vend, dev), .value = (val)}
+#endif
+
+const struct snd_pci_quirk *
+snd_pci_quirk_lookup(struct pci_dev *pci, const struct snd_pci_quirk *list);
+
+
 #endif /* __SOUND_CORE_H */
diff --git a/sound/core/misc.c b/sound/core/misc.c
index 03fc711..6db86a7 100644
--- a/sound/core/misc.c
+++ b/sound/core/misc.c
@@ -78,3 +78,31 @@
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_verbose_printd);
 #endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PCI
+#include <linux/pci.h>
+/**
+ * snd_pci_quirk_lookup - look up a PCI SSID quirk list
+ * @pci: pci_dev handle
+ * @list: quirk list, terminated by a null entry
+ *
+ * Look through the given quirk list and finds a matching entry
+ * with the same PCI SSID.  When subdevice is 0, all subdevice
+ * values may match.
+ *
+ * Returns the matched entry pointer, or NULL if nothing matched.
+ */
+const struct snd_pci_quirk *
+snd_pci_quirk_lookup(struct pci_dev *pci, const struct snd_pci_quirk *list)
+{
+	const struct snd_pci_quirk *q;
+
+	for (q = list; q->subvendor; q++)
+		if (q->subvendor == pci->subsystem_vendor &&
+		    (!q->subdevice || q->subdevice == pci->subsystem_device))
+			return q;
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_pci_quirk_lookup);
+#endif