diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index fd7511e04e62..92119080474c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -3328,3 +3328,9 @@ void device_set_of_node_from_dev(struct device *dev, const struct device *dev2)
 	dev->of_node_reused = true;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_set_of_node_from_dev);
+
+int device_match_of_node(struct device *dev, const void *np)
+{
+	return dev->of_node == np;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_match_of_node);
diff --git a/drivers/fpga/of-fpga-region.c b/drivers/fpga/of-fpga-region.c
index 75f64abf9c81..e405309baadc 100644
--- a/drivers/fpga/of-fpga-region.c
+++ b/drivers/fpga/of-fpga-region.c
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ static const struct of_device_id fpga_region_of_match[] = {
 };
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, fpga_region_of_match);
 
-static int fpga_region_of_node_match(struct device *dev, const void *data)
-{
-	return dev->of_node == data;
-}
-
 /**
  * of_fpga_region_find - find FPGA region
  * @np: device node of FPGA Region
@@ -37,7 +32,7 @@ static int fpga_region_of_node_match(struct device *dev, const void *data)
  */
 static struct fpga_region *of_fpga_region_find(struct device_node *np)
 {
-	return fpga_region_class_find(NULL, np, fpga_region_of_node_match);
+	return fpga_region_class_find(NULL, np, device_match_of_node);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 4d7c88131a4d..709308560d32 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ void subsys_dev_iter_init(struct subsys_dev_iter *iter,
 struct device *subsys_dev_iter_next(struct subsys_dev_iter *iter);
 void subsys_dev_iter_exit(struct subsys_dev_iter *iter);
 
+int device_match_of_node(struct device *dev, const void *np);
+
 int bus_for_each_dev(struct bus_type *bus, struct device *start, void *data,
 		     int (*fn)(struct device *dev, void *data));
 struct device *bus_find_device(struct bus_type *bus, struct device *start,