diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spmi/qcom,spmi-pmic-arb.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spmi/qcom,spmi-pmic-arb.txt
index bef919334574..633abd2b8d08 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spmi/qcom,spmi-pmic-arb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spmi/qcom,spmi-pmic-arb.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ Required properties:
     cell 4: interrupt flags indicating level-sense information, as defined in
             dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/irq.h
 
+Optional properties:
+- qcom,reserved-chan : Reserved channel for debug purpose
+
 Example V1 PMIC-Arbiter:
 
 	spmi {
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ Example V1 PMIC-Arbiter:
 
 		qcom,ee = <0>;
 		qcom,channel = <0>;
+		qcom,reserved-chan = <511>;
 
 		#address-cells = <2>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
diff --git a/drivers/spmi/spmi-pmic-arb.c b/drivers/spmi/spmi-pmic-arb.c
index a5bfeab596ac..d1802bcba0fb 100644
--- a/drivers/spmi/spmi-pmic-arb.c
+++ b/drivers/spmi/spmi-pmic-arb.c
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ struct spmi_pmic_arb {
 	u16			max_apid;
 	u16			max_periph;
 	u32			*mapping_table;
+	int			reserved_chan;
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(mapping_table_valid, PMIC_ARB_MAX_PERIPHS);
 	struct irq_domain	*domain;
 	struct spmi_controller	*spmic;
@@ -861,6 +862,10 @@ static u16 pmic_arb_find_apid(struct spmi_pmic_arb *pa, u16 ppid)
 	 * ppid_to_apid is an in-memory invert of that table.
 	 */
 	for (apid = pa->last_apid; apid < pa->max_periph; apid++) {
+		/* Do not keep the reserved channel in the mapping table */
+		if (pa->reserved_chan >= 0 && apid == pa->reserved_chan)
+			continue;
+
 		regval = readl_relaxed(pa->cnfg +
 				      SPMI_OWNERSHIP_TABLE_REG(apid));
 		pa->apid_data[apid].irq_owner
@@ -920,6 +925,10 @@ static int pmic_arb_read_apid_map_v5(struct spmi_pmic_arb *pa)
 	 * receive interrupts from the PPID.
 	 */
 	for (apid = 0; apid < pa->max_periph; apid++) {
+		/* Do not keep the reserved channel in the mapping table */
+		if (pa->reserved_chan >= 0 && apid == pa->reserved_chan)
+			continue;
+
 		offset = pa->ver_ops->channel_map_offset(apid);
 		if (offset >= pa->core_size)
 			break;
@@ -1340,6 +1349,10 @@ static int spmi_pmic_arb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	pa->ee = ee;
 
+	pa->reserved_chan = -EINVAL;
+	of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "qcom,reserved-chan",
+						&pa->reserved_chan);
+
 	pa->mapping_table = devm_kcalloc(&ctrl->dev, PMIC_ARB_MAX_PERIPHS - 1,
 					sizeof(*pa->mapping_table), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pa->mapping_table) {