diff --git a/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/dpio/dpio-service.c b/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/dpio/dpio-service.c
index a8a8e1578770..6e8994c106be 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/dpio/dpio-service.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/dpio/dpio-service.c
@@ -103,6 +103,23 @@ static inline struct dpaa2_io *service_select(struct dpaa2_io *d)
 	return d;
 }
 
+/**
+ * dpaa2_io_service_select() - return a dpaa2_io service affined to this cpu
+ * @cpu: the cpu id
+ *
+ * Return the affine dpaa2_io service, or NULL if there is no service affined
+ * to the specified cpu. If DPAA2_IO_ANY_CPU is used, return the next available
+ * service.
+ */
+struct dpaa2_io *dpaa2_io_service_select(int cpu)
+{
+	if (cpu == DPAA2_IO_ANY_CPU)
+		return service_select(NULL);
+
+	return service_select_by_cpu(NULL, cpu);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dpaa2_io_service_select);
+
 /**
  * dpaa2_io_create() - create a dpaa2_io object.
  * @desc: the dpaa2_io descriptor
diff --git a/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/include/dpaa2-io.h b/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/include/dpaa2-io.h
index 07ad15ae9b7a..9d702519f7f3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/include/dpaa2-io.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/include/dpaa2-io.h
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ void dpaa2_io_down(struct dpaa2_io *d);
 
 irqreturn_t dpaa2_io_irq(struct dpaa2_io *obj);
 
+struct dpaa2_io *dpaa2_io_service_select(int cpu);
+
 /**
  * struct dpaa2_io_notification_ctx - The DPIO notification context structure
  * @cb:           The callback to be invoked when the notification arrives