}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(qcom_smem_get_free_space);
 
+/**
+ * qcom_smem_virt_to_phys() - return the physical address associated
+ * with an smem item pointer (previously returned by qcom_smem_get()
+ * @p: the virtual address to convert
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if the pointer provided is not within any smem region.
+ */
+phys_addr_t qcom_smem_virt_to_phys(void *p)
+{
+       unsigned i;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < __smem->num_regions; i++) {
+               struct smem_region *region = &__smem->regions[i];
+
+               if (p < region->virt_base)
+                       continue;
+               if (p < region->virt_base + region->size) {
+                       u64 offset = p - region->virt_base;
+
+                       return (phys_addr_t)region->aux_base + offset;
+               }
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(qcom_smem_virt_to_phys);
+
 static int qcom_smem_get_sbl_version(struct qcom_smem *smem)
 {
        struct smem_header *header;