diff --git a/include/media/soc_camera.h b/include/media/soc_camera.h
index 5a17365..c9a5bbf 100644
--- a/include/media/soc_camera.h
+++ b/include/media/soc_camera.h
@@ -284,4 +284,12 @@
 extern unsigned long soc_camera_apply_sensor_flags(struct soc_camera_link *icl,
 						   unsigned long flags);
 
+/* This is only temporary here - until v4l2-subdev begins to link to video_device */
+#include <linux/i2c.h>
+static inline struct video_device *soc_camera_i2c_to_vdev(struct i2c_client *client)
+{
+	struct soc_camera_device *icd = client->dev.platform_data;
+	return icd->vdev;
+}
+
 #endif