diff --git a/drivers/slimbus/slimbus.c b/drivers/slimbus/slimbus.c
index a01a226be8b5..0819395a5e65 100644
--- a/drivers/slimbus/slimbus.c
+++ b/drivers/slimbus/slimbus.c
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ static const struct slim_device_id *slim_match(const struct slim_device_id *id,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+const struct slim_device_id *slim_get_device_id(const struct slim_device *sdev)
+{
+	const struct slim_driver *sdrv = to_slim_driver(sdev->dev.driver);
+
+	return slim_match(sdrv->id_table, sdev);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(slim_get_device_id);
+
 static int slim_device_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *driver)
 {
 	struct slim_device *slim_dev;
diff --git a/include/linux/slimbus/slimbus.h b/include/linux/slimbus/slimbus.h
index a2092f062833..05fb62e45b52 100644
--- a/include/linux/slimbus/slimbus.h
+++ b/include/linux/slimbus/slimbus.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2011-2015, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+/* Copyright (c) 2011-2016, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
@@ -1173,6 +1173,9 @@ extern struct slim_controller *slim_busnum_to_ctrl(u32 busnum);
  */
 extern void slim_ctrl_add_boarddevs(struct slim_controller *ctrl);
 
+extern const
+struct slim_device_id *slim_get_device_id(const struct slim_device *sdev);
+
 /*
  * slim_register_board_info: Board-initialization routine.
  * @info: List of all devices on all controllers present on the board.