diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index dede0ce..9f77cc6 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -3138,6 +3138,41 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * of_clk_detect_critical() - set CLK_IS_CRITICAL flag from Device Tree
+ * @np: Device node pointer associated with clock provider
+ * @index: clock index
+ * @flags: pointer to clk_core->flags
+ *
+ * Detects if the clock-critical property exists and, if so, sets the
+ * corresponding CLK_IS_CRITICAL flag.
+ *
+ * Do not use this function. It exists only for legacy Device Tree
+ * bindings, such as the one-clock-per-node style that are outdated.
+ * Those bindings typically put all clock data into .dts and the Linux
+ * driver has no clock data, thus making it impossible to set this flag
+ * correctly from the driver. Only those drivers may call
+ * of_clk_detect_critical from their setup functions.
+ *
+ * Return: error code or zero on success
+ */
+int of_clk_detect_critical(struct device_node *np,
+					  int index, unsigned long *flags)
+{
+	struct property *prop;
+	const __be32 *cur;
+	uint32_t idx;
+
+	if (!np || !flags)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	of_property_for_each_u32(np, "clock-critical", prop, cur, idx)
+		if (index == idx)
+			*flags |= CLK_IS_CRITICAL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
  * of_clk_init() - Scan and init clock providers from the DT
  * @matches: array of compatible values and init functions for providers.
  *