diff --git a/include/sysfs.h b/include/sysfs.h
index ea87d6a12..a7e66f74b 100644
--- a/include/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/sysfs.h
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ void ul_sysfs_init_debug(void);
 
 struct path_cxt *ul_new_sysfs_path(dev_t devno, struct path_cxt *parent, const char *prefix);
 int sysfs_blkdev_init_path(struct path_cxt *pc, dev_t devno, struct path_cxt *parent);
+
 int sysfs_blkdev_set_parent(struct path_cxt *pc, struct path_cxt *parent);
+struct path_cxt *sysfs_blkdev_get_parent(struct path_cxt *pc);
 
 char *sysfs_blkdev_get_name(struct path_cxt *pc, char *buf, size_t bufsiz);
 int sysfs_blkdev_is_partition_dirent(DIR *dir, struct dirent *d, const char *parent_name);
diff --git a/lib/sysfs.c b/lib/sysfs.c
index 5b4031e00..953627715 100644
--- a/lib/sysfs.c
+++ b/lib/sysfs.c
@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@ int sysfs_blkdev_set_parent(struct path_cxt *pc, struct path_cxt *parent)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+struct path_cxt *sysfs_blkdev_get_parent(struct path_cxt *pc)
+{
+	struct sysfs_blkdev *blk = ul_path_get_dialect(pc);
+	return blk ? blk->parent : NULL;
+}
+
 /*
  * Redirects ENOENT errors to the parent, if the path is to the queue/
  * sysfs directory. For example