diff --git a/kernel/resource.c b/kernel/resource.c
index fc59dcc..1d003a5 100644
--- a/kernel/resource.c
+++ b/kernel/resource.c
@@ -827,3 +827,36 @@
 }
 
 __setup("reserve=", reserve_setup);
+
+/*
+ * Check if the requested addr and size spans more than any slot in the
+ * iomem resource tree.
+ */
+int iomem_map_sanity_check(resource_size_t addr, unsigned long size)
+{
+	struct resource *p = &iomem_resource;
+	int err = 0;
+	loff_t l;
+
+	read_lock(&resource_lock);
+	for (p = p->child; p ; p = r_next(NULL, p, &l)) {
+		/*
+		 * We can probably skip the resources without
+		 * IORESOURCE_IO attribute?
+		 */
+		if (p->start >= addr + size)
+			continue;
+		if (p->end < addr)
+			continue;
+		if (p->start <= addr && (p->end >= addr + size - 1))
+			continue;
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "resource map sanity check conflict: "
+		       "0x%llx 0x%llx 0x%llx 0x%llx %s\n",
+		       addr, addr + size - 1, p->start, p->end, p->name);
+		err = -1;
+		break;
+	}
+	read_unlock(&resource_lock);
+
+	return err;
+}