int pm_lats_cnt, int is_early_device);
 
 void __iomem *omap_device_get_rt_va(struct omap_device *od);
+struct device *omap_device_get_by_hwmod_name(const char *oh_name);
 
 /* OMAP PM interface */
 int omap_device_align_pm_lat(struct platform_device *pdev,
 
        return omap_hwmod_get_mpu_rt_va(od->hwmods[0]);
 }
 
+/**
+ * omap_device_get_by_hwmod_name() - convert a hwmod name to
+ * device pointer.
+ * @oh_name: name of the hwmod device
+ *
+ * Returns back a struct device * pointer associated with a hwmod
+ * device represented by a hwmod_name
+ */
+struct device *omap_device_get_by_hwmod_name(const char *oh_name)
+{
+       struct omap_hwmod *oh;
+
+       if (!oh_name) {
+               WARN(1, "%s: no hwmod name!\n", __func__);
+               return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+       }
+
+       oh = omap_hwmod_lookup(oh_name);
+       if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(oh)) {
+               WARN(1, "%s: no hwmod for %s\n", __func__,
+                       oh_name);
+               return ERR_PTR(oh ? PTR_ERR(oh) : -ENODEV);
+       }
+       if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(oh->od)) {
+               WARN(1, "%s: no omap_device for %s\n", __func__,
+                       oh_name);
+               return ERR_PTR(oh->od ? PTR_ERR(oh->od) : -ENODEV);
+       }
+
+       if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(oh->od->pdev))
+               return ERR_PTR(oh->od->pdev ? PTR_ERR(oh->od->pdev) : -ENODEV);
+
+       return &oh->od->pdev->dev;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(omap_device_get_by_hwmod_name);
+
 /*
  * Public functions intended for use in omap_device_pm_latency
  * .activate_func and .deactivate_func function pointers