diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index ea330d1..95bea4e 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -1622,6 +1622,29 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_device_is_available);
 
 /**
+ *  of_device_is_big_endian - check if a device has BE registers
+ *
+ *  @device: Node to check for endianness
+ *
+ *  Returns true if the device has a "big-endian" property, or if the kernel
+ *  was compiled for BE *and* the device has a "native-endian" property.
+ *  Returns false otherwise.
+ *
+ *  Callers would nominally use ioread32be/iowrite32be if
+ *  of_device_is_big_endian() == true, or readl/writel otherwise.
+ */
+bool of_device_is_big_endian(const struct device_node *device)
+{
+	if (of_property_read_bool(device, "big-endian"))
+		return true;
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN) &&
+	    of_property_read_bool(device, "native-endian"))
+		return true;
+	return false;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_device_is_big_endian);
+
+/**
  *	of_get_parent - Get a node's parent if any
  *	@node:	Node to get parent
  *
diff --git a/include/of.h b/include/of.h
index 0ba73f1..9ba771a 100644
--- a/include/of.h
+++ b/include/of.h
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@
 extern int of_device_is_compatible(const struct device_node *device,
 		const char *compat);
 extern int of_device_is_available(const struct device_node *device);
+extern bool of_device_is_big_endian(const struct device_node *device);
 
 extern struct device_node *of_get_parent(const struct device_node *node);
 extern struct device_node *of_get_next_available_child(
@@ -595,6 +596,11 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline bool of_device_is_big_endian(const struct device_node *device)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
 static inline void of_alias_scan(void)
 {
 }