diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/resource-names.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/resource-names.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8405b956acaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/resource-names.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+Some properties contain an ordered list of 1 or more datum which are
+normally accessed by index.  However, some devices will have multiple
+values which are more naturally accessed by name.  Device nodes can
+include a supplemental property for assigning names to each of the list
+items.  The names property consists of a list of strings in the same
+order as the data in the resource property.
+
+The following supplemental names properties are defined.
+
+Resource Property	Supplemental Names Property
+-----------------	---------------------------
+reg			reg-names
+clocks			clock-names
+interrupts		interrupt-names
+
+Usage:
+
+The -names property must be used in conjunction with the normal resource
+property. If not it will be ignored.
+
+Examples:
+
+l4-abe {
+	compatible = "simple-bus";
+	#address-cells = <2>;
+	#size-cells = <1>;
+	ranges = <0 0 0x48000000 0x00001000>, /* MPU path */
+		 <1 0 0x49000000 0x00001000>; /* L3 path */
+	mcasp {
+		compatible = "ti,mcasp";
+		reg = <0 0x10 0x10>, <0 0x20 0x10>,
+		      <1 0x10 0x10>, <1 0x20 0x10>;
+		reg-names = "mpu", "dat",
+			    "dma", "dma_dat";
+	};
+
+	timer {
+		compatible = "ti,timer";
+		reg = <0 0x40 0x10>, <1 0x40 0x10>;
+		reg-names = "mpu", "dma";
+	};
+};
+
+
+usb {
+	compatible = "ti,usb-host";
+	reg = <0x4a064000 0x800>, <0x4a064800 0x200>,
+	      <0x4a064c00 0x200>;
+	reg-names = "config", "ohci", "ehci";
+};
diff --git a/drivers/of/address.c b/drivers/of/address.c
index 72c33fbe451d..66d96f14c274 100644
--- a/drivers/of/address.c
+++ b/drivers/of/address.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 static struct of_bus *of_match_bus(struct device_node *np);
 static int __of_address_to_resource(struct device_node *dev,
 		const __be32 *addrp, u64 size, unsigned int flags,
-				    struct resource *r);
+		const char *name, struct resource *r);
 
 /* Debug utility */
 #ifdef DEBUG
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ int of_pci_address_to_resource(struct device_node *dev, int bar,
 	addrp = of_get_pci_address(dev, bar, &size, &flags);
 	if (addrp == NULL)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	return __of_address_to_resource(dev, addrp, size, flags, r);
+	return __of_address_to_resource(dev, addrp, size, flags, NULL, r);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_pci_address_to_resource);
 #endif /* CONFIG_PCI */
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_get_address);
 
 static int __of_address_to_resource(struct device_node *dev,
 		const __be32 *addrp, u64 size, unsigned int flags,
-				    struct resource *r)
+		const char *name, struct resource *r)
 {
 	u64 taddr;
 
@@ -551,7 +551,8 @@ static int __of_address_to_resource(struct device_node *dev,
 		r->end = taddr + size - 1;
 	}
 	r->flags = flags;
-	r->name = dev->full_name;
+	r->name = name ? name : dev->full_name;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -569,11 +570,16 @@ int of_address_to_resource(struct device_node *dev, int index,
 	const __be32	*addrp;
 	u64		size;
 	unsigned int	flags;
+	const char	*name = NULL;
 
 	addrp = of_get_address(dev, index, &size, &flags);
 	if (addrp == NULL)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	return __of_address_to_resource(dev, addrp, size, flags, r);
+
+	/* Get optional "reg-names" property to add a name to a resource */
+	of_property_read_string_index(dev, "reg-names",	index, &name);
+
+	return __of_address_to_resource(dev, addrp, size, flags, name, r);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_address_to_resource);