--- a/arch/mips/bcm47xx/nvram.c
+++ b/arch/mips/bcm47xx/nvram.c
@@ -196,3 +196,30 @@ int bcm47xx_nvram_getenv(char *name, cha
 	return -ENOENT;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bcm47xx_nvram_getenv);
+
+char *nvram_get(const char *name)
+{
+	char *var, *value, *end, *eq;
+
+	if (!name)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (!nvram_buf[0])
+		nvram_init();
+
+	/* Look for name=value and return value */
+	var = &nvram_buf[sizeof(struct nvram_header)];
+	end = nvram_buf + sizeof(nvram_buf) - 2;
+	end[0] = end[1] = '\0';
+	for (; *var; var = value + strlen(value) + 1) {
+		eq = strchr(var, '=');
+		if (!eq)
+			break;
+		value = eq + 1;
+		if ((eq - var) == strlen(name) && strncmp(var, name, (eq - var)) == 0)
+			return value;
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(nvram_get);