diff --git a/include/linux/resource_ext.h b/include/linux/resource_ext.h
index 06da59b23b79d..ff0339df56afc 100644
--- a/include/linux/resource_ext.h
+++ b/include/linux/resource_ext.h
@@ -66,4 +66,16 @@ resource_list_destroy_entry(struct resource_entry *entry)
 #define resource_list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, tmp, list)	\
 	list_for_each_entry_safe((entry), (tmp), (list), node)
 
+static inline struct resource_entry *
+resource_list_first_type(struct list_head *list, unsigned long type)
+{
+	struct resource_entry *entry;
+
+	resource_list_for_each_entry(entry, list) {
+		if (resource_type(entry->res) == type)
+			return entry;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_RESOURCE_EXT_H */