diff --git a/drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c b/drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c
index 76db81de2cc07849e76a08b19684d9322448b5ea..5c0869576cd14a4db3d1e003da3ea681adec37bb 100644
--- a/drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c
+++ b/drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c
@@ -30,6 +30,20 @@
 static DEFINE_IDA(fpga_region_ida);
 static struct class *fpga_region_class;
 
+struct fpga_region *fpga_region_class_find(
+	struct device *start, const void *data,
+	int (*match)(struct device *, const void *))
+{
+	struct device *dev;
+
+	dev = class_find_device(fpga_region_class, start, data, match);
+	if (!dev)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return to_fpga_region(dev);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fpga_region_class_find);
+
 static const struct of_device_id fpga_region_of_match[] = {
 	{ .compatible = "fpga-region", },
 	{},
@@ -51,14 +65,7 @@ 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)
 {
-	struct device *dev;
-
-	dev = class_find_device(fpga_region_class, NULL, np,
-				fpga_region_of_node_match);
-	if (!dev)
-		return NULL;
-
-	return to_fpga_region(dev);
+	return fpga_region_class_find(NULL, np, fpga_region_of_node_match);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/fpga/fpga-region.h b/include/linux/fpga/fpga-region.h
index 8c8a3249f96cb016baa64fcf25b8896f87e80d53..7048449446316e4b2bffaa6ee8c559fdf6f409a6 100644
--- a/include/linux/fpga/fpga-region.h
+++ b/include/linux/fpga/fpga-region.h
@@ -27,8 +27,11 @@ struct fpga_region {
 
 #define to_fpga_region(d) container_of(d, struct fpga_region, dev)
 
-int fpga_region_program_fpga(struct fpga_region *region);
+struct fpga_region *fpga_region_class_find(
+	struct device *start, const void *data,
+	int (*match)(struct device *, const void *));
 
+int fpga_region_program_fpga(struct fpga_region *region);
 int fpga_region_register(struct device *dev, struct fpga_region *region);
 int fpga_region_unregister(struct fpga_region *region);