diff --git a/drivers/fpga/dfl.h b/drivers/fpga/dfl.h
index 66c2ade..b4f6525 100644
--- a/drivers/fpga/dfl.h
+++ b/drivers/fpga/dfl.h
@@ -284,4 +284,25 @@ struct dfl_fpga_cdev *
 dfl_fpga_feature_devs_enumerate(struct dfl_fpga_enum_info *info);
 void dfl_fpga_feature_devs_remove(struct dfl_fpga_cdev *cdev);
 
+/*
+ * need to drop the device reference with put_device() after use port platform
+ * device returned by __dfl_fpga_cdev_find_port and dfl_fpga_cdev_find_port
+ * functions.
+ */
+struct platform_device *
+__dfl_fpga_cdev_find_port(struct dfl_fpga_cdev *cdev, void *data,
+			  int (*match)(struct platform_device *, void *));
+
+static inline struct platform_device *
+dfl_fpga_cdev_find_port(struct dfl_fpga_cdev *cdev, void *data,
+			int (*match)(struct platform_device *, void *))
+{
+	struct platform_device *pdev;
+
+	mutex_lock(&cdev->lock);
+	pdev = __dfl_fpga_cdev_find_port(cdev, data, match);
+	mutex_unlock(&cdev->lock);
+
+	return pdev;
+}
 #endif /* __FPGA_DFL_H */