diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
index 5cb425f6f02d..0a34dd3c4f38 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
@@ -2838,6 +2838,43 @@ int regmap_read(struct regmap *map, unsigned int reg, unsigned int *val)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(regmap_read);
 
+/**
+ * regmap_read_bypassed() - Read a value from a single register direct
+ *			    from the device, bypassing the cache
+ *
+ * @map: Register map to read from
+ * @reg: Register to be read from
+ * @val: Pointer to store read value
+ *
+ * A value of zero will be returned on success, a negative errno will
+ * be returned in error cases.
+ */
+int regmap_read_bypassed(struct regmap *map, unsigned int reg, unsigned int *val)
+{
+	int ret;
+	bool bypass, cache_only;
+
+	if (!IS_ALIGNED(reg, map->reg_stride))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	map->lock(map->lock_arg);
+
+	bypass = map->cache_bypass;
+	cache_only = map->cache_only;
+	map->cache_bypass = true;
+	map->cache_only = false;
+
+	ret = _regmap_read(map, reg, val);
+
+	map->cache_bypass = bypass;
+	map->cache_only = cache_only;
+
+	map->unlock(map->lock_arg);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(regmap_read_bypassed);
+
 /**
  * regmap_raw_read() - Read raw data from the device
  *
diff --git a/include/linux/regmap.h b/include/linux/regmap.h
index b743241cfb7c..d470303b1bbb 100644
--- a/include/linux/regmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/regmap.h
@@ -1230,6 +1230,7 @@ int regmap_multi_reg_write_bypassed(struct regmap *map,
 int regmap_raw_write_async(struct regmap *map, unsigned int reg,
 			   const void *val, size_t val_len);
 int regmap_read(struct regmap *map, unsigned int reg, unsigned int *val);
+int regmap_read_bypassed(struct regmap *map, unsigned int reg, unsigned int *val);
 int regmap_raw_read(struct regmap *map, unsigned int reg,
 		    void *val, size_t val_len);
 int regmap_noinc_read(struct regmap *map, unsigned int reg,
@@ -1739,6 +1740,13 @@ static inline int regmap_read(struct regmap *map, unsigned int reg,
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
+static inline int regmap_read_bypassed(struct regmap *map, unsigned int reg,
+				       unsigned int *val)
+{
+	WARN_ONCE(1, "regmap API is disabled");
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
 static inline int regmap_raw_read(struct regmap *map, unsigned int reg,
 				  void *val, size_t val_len)
 {