diff --git a/drivers/core/syscon-uclass.c b/drivers/core/syscon-uclass.c
index 62ba462..303e166 100644
--- a/drivers/core/syscon-uclass.c
+++ b/drivers/core/syscon-uclass.c
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@
 #include <dm/root.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 
+/*
+ * Caution:
+ * This API requires the given device has alerady been bound to syscon driver.
+ * For example,
+ *    compatible = "syscon", "simple-mfd";
+ * works, but
+ *    compatible = "simple-mfd", "syscon";
+ * does not.  The behavior is different from Linux.
+ */
 struct regmap *syscon_get_regmap(struct udevice *dev)
 {
 	struct syscon_uc_info *priv;
@@ -108,3 +117,58 @@
 #endif
 	.of_match = generic_syscon_ids,
 };
+
+/*
+ * Linux-compatible syscon-to-regmap
+ * The syscon node can be bound to another driver, but still works
+ * as a syscon provider.
+ */
+static LIST_HEAD(syscon_list);
+
+struct syscon {
+	ofnode node;
+	struct regmap *regmap;
+	struct list_head list;
+};
+
+static struct syscon *of_syscon_register(ofnode node)
+{
+	struct syscon *syscon;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!ofnode_device_is_compatible(node, "syscon"))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	syscon = malloc(sizeof(*syscon));
+	if (!syscon)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	ret = regmap_init_mem(node, &syscon->regmap);
+	if (ret) {
+		free(syscon);
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+	}
+
+	list_add_tail(&syscon->list, &syscon_list);
+
+	return syscon;
+}
+
+struct regmap *syscon_node_to_regmap(ofnode node)
+{
+	struct syscon *entry, *syscon = NULL;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(entry, &syscon_list, list)
+		if (ofnode_equal(entry->node, node)) {
+			syscon = entry;
+			break;
+		}
+
+	if (!syscon)
+		syscon = of_syscon_register(node);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(syscon))
+		return ERR_CAST(syscon);
+
+	return syscon->regmap;
+}