diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/msm_minidump.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/msm_minidump.c
index 3ed713753f1c..7cf2fc95ce99 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/msm_minidump.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/msm_minidump.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2019, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2020, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) "Minidump: " fmt
@@ -89,6 +89,19 @@ static inline unsigned int set_section_name(const char *name)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+struct md_region *md_get_region(char *name)
+{
+	struct md_region *mdr;
+	int i, regno = minidump_table.num_regions;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < regno; i++) {
+		mdr = &minidump_table.entry[i];
+		if (!strcmp(mdr->name, name))
+			return mdr;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static inline int md_region_num(const char *name, int *seqno)
 {
 	struct md_ss_region *mde = minidump_table.md_regions;
diff --git a/include/soc/qcom/minidump.h b/include/soc/qcom/minidump.h
index 5eb78a038608..38676514047f 100644
--- a/include/soc/qcom/minidump.h
+++ b/include/soc/qcom/minidump.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ extern int msm_minidump_remove_region(const struct md_region *entry);
  */
 extern int msm_minidump_update_region(int regno, const struct md_region *entry);
 extern bool msm_minidump_enabled(void);
+extern struct md_region *md_get_region(char *name);
 extern void dump_stack_minidump(u64 sp);
 extern void md_dump_meminfo(void);
 extern void md_dump_slabinfo(void);
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ static inline int msm_minidump_remove_region(const struct md_region *entry)
 	return 0;
 }
 static inline bool msm_minidump_enabled(void) { return false; }
+static inline struct md_region *md_get_region(char *name) { return NULL; }
 static inline void dump_stack_minidump(u64 sp) {}
 static inline void add_trace_event(char *buf, size_t size) {}
 static inline void md_dump_meminfo(void) {}