2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index df6e4c924b35..e44438f7917b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -1977,6 +1977,9 @@ static bool acpi_scan_handler_matching(struct acpi_scan_handler *handler,
 {
         const struct acpi_device_id *devid;
 
+        if (handler->match)
+                return handler->match(idstr, matchid);
+
         for (devid = handler->ids; devid->id[0]; devid++)
                 if (!strcmp((char *)devid->id, idstr)) {
                         if (matchid)
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
index 7417a16c8d86..c241c7594bbc 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ static inline struct acpi_hotplug_profile *to_acpi_hotplug_profile(
 struct acpi_scan_handler {
         const struct acpi_device_id *ids;
         struct list_head list_node;
+        bool (*match)(char *idstr, const struct acpi_device_id **matchid);
         int (*attach)(struct acpi_device *dev, const struct acpi_device_id *id);
         void (*detach)(struct acpi_device *dev);
         void (*bind)(struct device *phys_dev);