diff --git a/drivers/usb/chipidea/ci.h b/drivers/usb/chipidea/ci.h
index a0aeb8df9280..e53287aff916 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/chipidea/ci.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/chipidea/ci.h
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@
 /******************************************************************************
  * REGISTERS
  *****************************************************************************/
+/* Identification Registers */
+#define ID_ID				0x0
+#define ID_HWGENERAL			0x4
+#define ID_HWHOST			0x8
+#define ID_HWDEVICE			0xc
+#define ID_HWTXBUF			0x10
+#define ID_HWRXBUF			0x14
+#define ID_SBUSCFG			0x90
+
 /* register indices */
 enum ci_hw_regs {
 	CAP_CAPLENGTH,
@@ -253,6 +262,36 @@ static inline void ci_role_stop(struct ci_hdrc *ci)
 	ci->roles[role]->stop(ci);
 }
 
+/**
+ * hw_read_id_reg: reads from a identification register
+ * @ci: the controller
+ * @offset: offset from the beginning of identification registers region
+ * @mask: bitfield mask
+ *
+ * This function returns register contents
+ */
+static inline u32 hw_read_id_reg(struct ci_hdrc *ci, u32 offset, u32 mask)
+{
+	return ioread32(ci->hw_bank.abs + offset) & mask;
+}
+
+/**
+ * hw_write_id_reg: writes to a identification register
+ * @ci: the controller
+ * @offset: offset from the beginning of identification registers region
+ * @mask: bitfield mask
+ * @data: new value
+ */
+static inline void hw_write_id_reg(struct ci_hdrc *ci, u32 offset,
+			    u32 mask, u32 data)
+{
+	if (~mask)
+		data = (ioread32(ci->hw_bank.abs + offset) & ~mask)
+			| (data & mask);
+
+	iowrite32(data, ci->hw_bank.abs + offset);
+}
+
 /**
  * hw_read: reads from a hw register
  * @ci: the controller