diff --git a/drivers/pci/search.c b/drivers/pci/search.c
index c6e79d0..b001b59 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/search.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/search.c
@@ -14,6 +14,40 @@
 #include "pci.h"
 
 DECLARE_RWSEM(pci_bus_sem);
+/*
+ * find the upstream PCIE-to-PCI bridge of a PCI device
+ * if the device is PCIE, return NULL
+ * if the device isn't connected to a PCIE bridge (that is its parent is a
+ * legacy PCI bridge and the bridge is directly connected to bus 0), return its
+ * parent
+ */
+struct pci_dev *
+pci_find_upstream_pcie_bridge(struct pci_dev *pdev)
+{
+	struct pci_dev *tmp = NULL;
+
+	if (pdev->is_pcie)
+		return NULL;
+	while (1) {
+		if (!pdev->bus->self)
+			break;
+		pdev = pdev->bus->self;
+		/* a p2p bridge */
+		if (!pdev->is_pcie) {
+			tmp = pdev;
+			continue;
+		}
+		/* PCI device should connect to a PCIE bridge */
+		if (pdev->pcie_type != PCI_EXP_TYPE_PCI_BRIDGE) {
+			/* Busted hardware? */
+			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		return pdev;
+	}
+
+	return tmp;
+}
 
 static struct pci_bus *pci_do_find_bus(struct pci_bus *bus, unsigned char busnr)
 {