diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mpic.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mpic.h
index 6ce63a7662f8..98697611e7b3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mpic.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mpic.h
@@ -391,6 +391,9 @@ extern struct bus_type mpic_subsys;
 #define	MPIC_REGSET_STANDARD		MPIC_REGSET(0)	/* Original MPIC */
 #define	MPIC_REGSET_TSI108		MPIC_REGSET(1)	/* Tsi108/109 PIC */
 
+/* Get the version of primary MPIC */
+extern u32 fsl_mpic_primary_get_version(void);
+
 /* Allocate the controller structure and setup the linux irq descs
  * for the range if interrupts passed in. No HW initialization is
  * actually performed.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
index f72b592d60cc..2c817a736b77 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
@@ -1219,6 +1219,16 @@ static u32 fsl_mpic_get_version(struct mpic *mpic)
  * Exported functions
  */
 
+u32 fsl_mpic_primary_get_version(void)
+{
+	struct mpic *mpic = mpic_primary;
+
+	if (mpic)
+		return fsl_mpic_get_version(mpic);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct mpic * __init mpic_alloc(struct device_node *node,
 				phys_addr_t phys_addr,
 				unsigned int flags,