diff --git a/include/linux/of.h b/include/linux/of.h
index 8b9f94386dc3a..98c252d2d8512 100644
--- a/include/linux/of.h
+++ b/include/linux/of.h
@@ -1008,6 +1008,31 @@ static inline int of_parse_phandle_with_fixed_args(const struct device_node *np,
 					    index, out_args);
 }
 
+/**
+ * of_parse_phandle_with_optional_args() - Find a node pointed by phandle in a list
+ * @np:		pointer to a device tree node containing a list
+ * @list_name:	property name that contains a list
+ * @cells_name:	property name that specifies phandles' arguments count
+ * @index:	index of a phandle to parse out
+ * @out_args:	optional pointer to output arguments structure (will be filled)
+ *
+ * Same as of_parse_phandle_with_args() except that if the cells_name property
+ * is not found, cell_count of 0 is assumed.
+ *
+ * This is used to useful, if you have a phandle which didn't have arguments
+ * before and thus doesn't have a '#*-cells' property but is now migrated to
+ * having arguments while retaining backwards compatibility.
+ */
+static inline int of_parse_phandle_with_optional_args(const struct device_node *np,
+						      const char *list_name,
+						      const char *cells_name,
+						      int index,
+						      struct of_phandle_args *out_args)
+{
+	return __of_parse_phandle_with_args(np, list_name, cells_name,
+					    0, index, out_args);
+}
+
 /**
  * of_property_count_u8_elems - Count the number of u8 elements in a property
  *