diff --git a/kernel/resource.c b/kernel/resource.c
index 3ff4017..3b3cedc 100644
--- a/kernel/resource.c
+++ b/kernel/resource.c
@@ -553,6 +553,27 @@
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(allocate_resource);
 
+/**
+ * lookup_resource - find an existing resource by a resource start address
+ * @root: root resource descriptor
+ * @start: resource start address
+ *
+ * Returns a pointer to the resource if found, NULL otherwise
+ */
+struct resource *lookup_resource(struct resource *root, resource_size_t start)
+{
+	struct resource *res;
+
+	read_lock(&resource_lock);
+	for (res = root->child; res; res = res->sibling) {
+		if (res->start == start)
+			break;
+	}
+	read_unlock(&resource_lock);
+
+	return res;
+}
+
 /*
  * Insert a resource into the resource tree. If successful, return NULL,
  * otherwise return the conflicting resource (compare to __request_resource())