diff --git a/drivers/pps/pps.c b/drivers/pps/pps.c
index 98fbe62..c50a556 100644
--- a/drivers/pps/pps.c
+++ b/drivers/pps/pps.c
@@ -350,11 +350,44 @@ free_idr:

 void pps_unregister_cdev(struct pps_device *pps)
 {
+	pps->lookup_cookie = NULL;
 	device_destroy(pps_class, pps->dev->devt);
 	cdev_del(&pps->cdev);
 }

 /*
+ * Look up a pps device by magic cookie.
+ * The cookie is usually a pointer to some enclosing device, but this
+ * code doesn't care; you should never be dereferencing it.
+ *
+ * This is a bit of a kludge that is currently used only by the PPS
+ * serial line discipline.  It may need to be tweaked when a second user
+ * is found.
+ *
+ * There is no function interface for setting the lookup_cookie field.
+ * It's initialized to NULL when the pps device is created, and if a
+ * client wants to use it, just fill it in afterward.
+ *
+ * The cookie is automatically set to NULL in pps_unregister_source()
+ * so that it will not be used again, even if the pps device cannot
+ * be removed from the idr due to pending references holding the minor
+ * number in use.
+ */
+struct pps_device *pps_lookup_dev(void const *cookie)
+{
+	struct pps_device *pps;
+	unsigned id;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	idr_for_each_entry(&pps_idr, pps, id)
+		if (cookie == pps->lookup_cookie)
+			break;
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	return pps;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(pps_lookup_dev);
+
+/*
  * Module stuff
  */

diff --git a/include/linux/pps_kernel.h b/include/linux/pps_kernel.h
index 9404854..ce2ab3d 100644
--- a/include/linux/pps_kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/pps_kernel.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ struct pps_source_info {
 			int event, void *data);	/* PPS echo function */

 	struct module *owner;
-	struct device *dev;
+	struct device *dev;		/* Parent device for device_create */
 };

 struct pps_event_time {
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ struct pps_device {
 	wait_queue_head_t queue;		/* PPS event queue */

 	unsigned int id;			/* PPS source unique ID */
+	void const *lookup_cookie;		/* pps_lookup_dev only */
 	struct cdev cdev;
 	struct device *dev;
 	struct fasync_struct *async_queue;	/* fasync method */
@@ -82,16 +83,26 @@ struct pps_device {
 extern struct device_attribute pps_attrs[];

 /*
+ * Internal functions.
+ *
+ * These are not actually part of the exported API, but this is a
+ * convenient header file to put them in.
+ */
+
+extern int pps_register_cdev(struct pps_device *pps);
+extern void pps_unregister_cdev(struct pps_device *pps);
+
+/*
  * Exported functions
  */

 extern struct pps_device *pps_register_source(
 		struct pps_source_info *info, int default_params);
 extern void pps_unregister_source(struct pps_device *pps);
-extern int pps_register_cdev(struct pps_device *pps);
-extern void pps_unregister_cdev(struct pps_device *pps);
 extern void pps_event(struct pps_device *pps,
 		struct pps_event_time *ts, int event, void *data);
+/* Look up a pps device by magic cookie */
+struct pps_device *pps_lookup_dev(void const *cookie);

 static inline void timespec_to_pps_ktime(struct pps_ktime *kt,
 		struct timespec ts)