diff --git a/include/linux/ioport.h b/include/linux/ioport.h
index 8292e8b..cbf3480 100644
--- a/include/linux/ioport.h
+++ b/include/linux/ioport.h
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ int probe_resource(struct resource *b_res,
 			struct resource *busn_res,
 			resource_size_t needed_size, struct resource **p,
 			int skip_nr, int limit, int flags);
+void replace_resource(struct resource *old_res, struct resource *new_res);
 struct resource *lookup_resource(struct resource *root, resource_size_t start);
 int adjust_resource(struct resource *res, resource_size_t start,
 		    resource_size_t size);
diff --git a/kernel/resource.c b/kernel/resource.c
index d5d9aef..8da0e76 100644
--- a/kernel/resource.c
+++ b/kernel/resource.c
@@ -1129,6 +1129,31 @@ reduce_needed_size:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/* replace old with new in the resource tree */
+void replace_resource(struct resource *old, struct resource *new)
+{
+	struct resource *parent, *tmp, *p;
+
+	write_lock(&resource_lock);
+	new->start = old->start;
+	new->end = old->end;
+	new->flags = old->flags;
+
+	p = old->child;
+	while (p) {
+		tmp = p;
+		p = p->sibling;
+		__release_resource(tmp);
+		__request_resource(new, tmp);
+	}
+	parent = old->parent;
+	if (parent) {
+		__release_resource(old);
+		__request_resource(parent, new);
+	}
+	write_unlock(&resource_lock);
+}
+
 /*
  * Managed region resource
  */