diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
index b3619f335693e..4634af1f63414 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
@@ -1146,6 +1146,21 @@ int nvmem_cell_read_u32(struct device *dev, const char *cell_id, u32 *val)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmem_cell_read_u32);
 
+/**
+ * nvmem_cell_read_u64() - Read a cell value as an u64
+ *
+ * @dev: Device that requests the nvmem cell.
+ * @cell_id: Name of nvmem cell to read.
+ * @val: pointer to output value.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success or negative errno.
+ */
+int nvmem_cell_read_u64(struct device *dev, const char *cell_id, u64 *val)
+{
+	return nvmem_cell_read_common(dev, cell_id, val, sizeof(*val));
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmem_cell_read_u64);
+
 /**
  * nvmem_device_cell_read() - Read a given nvmem device and cell
  *
diff --git a/include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h b/include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h
index d3776be48c53a..1b311d27c9b86 100644
--- a/include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h
+++ b/include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ void *nvmem_cell_read(struct nvmem_cell *cell, size_t *len);
 int nvmem_cell_write(struct nvmem_cell *cell, void *buf, size_t len);
 int nvmem_cell_read_u16(struct device *dev, const char *cell_id, u16 *val);
 int nvmem_cell_read_u32(struct device *dev, const char *cell_id, u32 *val);
+int nvmem_cell_read_u64(struct device *dev, const char *cell_id, u64 *val);
 
 /* direct nvmem device read/write interface */
 struct nvmem_device *nvmem_device_get(struct device *dev, const char *name);
@@ -138,6 +139,12 @@ static inline int nvmem_cell_read_u32(struct device *dev,
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
 
+static inline int nvmem_cell_read_u64(struct device *dev,
+				      const char *cell_id, u64 *val)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
 static inline struct nvmem_device *nvmem_device_get(struct device *dev,
 						    const char *name)
 {