diff --git a/common/fdt_support.c b/common/fdt_support.c
index 718b635d9..166f5e145 100644
--- a/common/fdt_support.c
+++ b/common/fdt_support.c
@@ -1151,4 +1151,22 @@ int fdt_node_offset_by_compat_reg(void *blob, const char *compat,
 	return -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND;
 }
 
+/**
+ * fdt_alloc_phandle: Return next free phandle value
+ *
+ * @blob: ptr to device tree
+ */
+int fdt_alloc_phandle(void *blob)
+{
+	int offset, len, phandle = 0;
+	const u32 *val;
 
+	for (offset = fdt_next_node(blob, -1, NULL); offset >= 0;
+	     offset = fdt_next_node(blob, offset, NULL)) {
+		val = fdt_getprop(blob, offset, "linux,phandle", &len);
+		if (val)
+			phandle = max(*val, phandle);
+	}
+
+	return phandle + 1;
+}
diff --git a/include/fdt_support.h b/include/fdt_support.h
index 54af9fe71..871ef4524 100644
--- a/include/fdt_support.h
+++ b/include/fdt_support.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ void fdt_del_node_and_alias(void *blob, const char *alias);
 u64 fdt_translate_address(void *blob, int node_offset, const u32 *in_addr);
 int fdt_node_offset_by_compat_reg(void *blob, const char *compat,
 					phys_addr_t compat_off);
+int fdt_alloc_phandle(void *blob);
 
 #endif /* ifdef CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT */
 #endif /* ifndef __FDT_SUPPORT_H */