diff --git a/include/linux/ioport.h b/include/linux/ioport.h
index 8d3b7a9afd1..fded376b94e 100644
--- a/include/linux/ioport.h
+++ b/include/linux/ioport.h
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ extern struct resource iomem_resource;
 
 extern int request_resource(struct resource *root, struct resource *new);
 extern int release_resource(struct resource *new);
+extern void reserve_region_with_split(struct resource *root,
+			     resource_size_t start, resource_size_t end,
+			     const char *name);
 extern int insert_resource(struct resource *parent, struct resource *new);
 extern void insert_resource_expand_to_fit(struct resource *root, struct resource *new);
 extern int allocate_resource(struct resource *root, struct resource *new,
diff --git a/kernel/resource.c b/kernel/resource.c
index 03d796c1b2e..414d6fc9131 100644
--- a/kernel/resource.c
+++ b/kernel/resource.c
@@ -516,6 +516,74 @@ int adjust_resource(struct resource *res, resource_size_t start, resource_size_t
 	return result;
 }
 
+static void __init __reserve_region_with_split(struct resource *root,
+		resource_size_t start, resource_size_t end,
+		const char *name)
+{
+	struct resource *parent = root;
+	struct resource *conflict;
+	struct resource *res = kzalloc(sizeof(*res), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (!res)
+		return;
+
+	res->name = name;
+	res->start = start;
+	res->end = end;
+	res->flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		conflict = __request_resource(parent, res);
+		if (!conflict)
+			break;
+		if (conflict != parent) {
+			parent = conflict;
+			if (!(conflict->flags & IORESOURCE_BUSY))
+				continue;
+		}
+
+		/* Uhhuh, that didn't work out.. */
+		kfree(res);
+		res = NULL;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (!res) {
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG "    __reserve_region_with_split: (%s) [%llx, %llx], res: (%s) [%llx, %llx]\n",
+			 conflict->name, conflict->start, conflict->end,
+			 name, start, end);
+
+		/* failed, split and try again */
+
+		/* conflict coverred whole area */
+		if (conflict->start <= start && conflict->end >= end)
+			return;
+
+		if (conflict->start > start)
+			__reserve_region_with_split(root, start, conflict->start-1, name);
+		if (!(conflict->flags & IORESOURCE_BUSY)) {
+			resource_size_t common_start, common_end;
+
+			common_start = max(conflict->start, start);
+			common_end = min(conflict->end, end);
+			if (common_start < common_end)
+				__reserve_region_with_split(root, common_start, common_end, name);
+		}
+		if (conflict->end < end)
+			__reserve_region_with_split(root, conflict->end+1, end, name);
+	}
+
+}
+
+void reserve_region_with_split(struct resource *root,
+		resource_size_t start, resource_size_t end,
+		const char *name)
+{
+	write_lock(&resource_lock);
+	__reserve_region_with_split(root, start, end, name);
+	write_unlock(&resource_lock);
+}
+
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(adjust_resource);
 
 /**