diff --git a/drivers/extcon/extcon-class.c b/drivers/extcon/extcon-class.c
index 654ed52e17c2..18d42c0e4581 100644
--- a/drivers/extcon/extcon-class.c
+++ b/drivers/extcon/extcon-class.c
@@ -601,6 +601,64 @@ void extcon_dev_free(struct extcon_dev *edev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(extcon_dev_free);
 
+static int devm_extcon_dev_match(struct device *dev, void *res, void *data)
+{
+	struct extcon_dev **r = res;
+
+	if (WARN_ON(!r || !*r))
+		return 0;
+
+	return *r == data;
+}
+
+static void devm_extcon_dev_release(struct device *dev, void *res)
+{
+	extcon_dev_free(*(struct extcon_dev **)res);
+}
+
+/**
+ * devm_extcon_dev_allocate - Allocate managed extcon device
+ * @dev:		device owning the extcon device being created
+ * @supported_cable:	Array of supported cable names ending with NULL.
+ *			If supported_cable is NULL, cable name related APIs
+ *			are disabled.
+ *
+ * This function manages automatically the memory of extcon device using device
+ * resource management and simplify the control of freeing the memory of extcon
+ * device.
+ *
+ * Returns the pointer memory of allocated extcon_dev if success
+ * or ERR_PTR(err) if fail
+ */
+struct extcon_dev *devm_extcon_dev_allocate(struct device *dev,
+					    const char **supported_cable)
+{
+	struct extcon_dev **ptr, *edev;
+
+	ptr = devres_alloc(devm_extcon_dev_release, sizeof(*ptr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ptr)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	edev = extcon_dev_allocate(supported_cable);
+	if (IS_ERR(edev)) {
+		devres_free(ptr);
+		return edev;
+	}
+
+	*ptr = edev;
+	devres_add(dev, ptr);
+
+	return edev;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_extcon_dev_allocate);
+
+void devm_extcon_dev_free(struct device *dev, struct extcon_dev *edev)
+{
+	WARN_ON(devres_release(dev, devm_extcon_dev_release,
+			       devm_extcon_dev_match, edev));
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_extcon_dev_free);
+
 /**
  * extcon_dev_register() - Register a new extcon device
  * @edev	: the new extcon device (should be allocated before calling)
@@ -860,18 +918,6 @@ static void devm_extcon_dev_unreg(struct device *dev, void *res)
 	extcon_dev_unregister(*(struct extcon_dev **)res);
 }
 
-static int devm_extcon_dev_match(struct device *dev, void *res, void *data)
-{
-	struct extcon_dev **r = res;
-
-	if (!r || !*r) {
-		WARN_ON(!r || !*r);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	return *r == data;
-}
-
 /**
  * devm_extcon_dev_register() - Resource-managed extcon_dev_register()
  * @dev:	device to allocate extcon device
diff --git a/include/linux/extcon.h b/include/linux/extcon.h
index 15361a2f2f19..36f49c405dfb 100644
--- a/include/linux/extcon.h
+++ b/include/linux/extcon.h
@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ extern struct extcon_dev *extcon_get_extcon_dev(const char *extcon_name);
  */
 extern struct extcon_dev *extcon_dev_allocate(const char **cables);
 extern void extcon_dev_free(struct extcon_dev *edev);
+extern struct extcon_dev *devm_extcon_dev_allocate(struct device *dev,
+						   const char **cables);
+extern void devm_extcon_dev_free(struct device *dev, struct extcon_dev *edev);
 
 /*
  * get/set/update_state access the 32b encoded state value, which represents
@@ -280,6 +283,14 @@ static inline struct extcon_dev *extcon_dev_allocate(const char **cables)
 
 static inline void extcon_dev_free(struct extcon_dev *edev) { }
 
+static inline struct extcon_dev *devm_extcon_dev_allocate(struct device *dev,
+							  const char **cables)
+{
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
+}
+
+static inline void devm_extcon_dev_free(struct extcon_dev *edev) { }
+
 static inline u32 extcon_get_state(struct extcon_dev *edev)
 {
 	return 0;