diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-orion/pcie.c b/arch/arm/plat-orion/pcie.c
index abfda53f1800..ca32c60e14d7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-orion/pcie.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-orion/pcie.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #define PCIE_CONF_DATA_OFF	0x18fc
 #define PCIE_MASK_OFF		0x1910
 #define PCIE_CTRL_OFF		0x1a00
+#define  PCIE_CTRL_X1_MODE		0x0001
 #define PCIE_STAT_OFF		0x1a04
 #define  PCIE_STAT_DEV_OFFS		20
 #define  PCIE_STAT_DEV_MASK		0x1f
@@ -62,6 +63,11 @@ int orion_pcie_link_up(void __iomem *base)
 	return !(readl(base + PCIE_STAT_OFF) & PCIE_STAT_LINK_DOWN);
 }
 
+int __init orion_pcie_x4_mode(void __iomem *base)
+{
+	return !(readl(base + PCIE_CTRL_OFF) & PCIE_CTRL_X1_MODE);
+}
+
 int orion_pcie_get_local_bus_nr(void __iomem *base)
 {
 	u32 stat = readl(base + PCIE_STAT_OFF);
diff --git a/include/asm-arm/plat-orion/pcie.h b/include/asm-arm/plat-orion/pcie.h
index 6434ac685d21..e61b7bd97af5 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/plat-orion/pcie.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/plat-orion/pcie.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 u32 orion_pcie_dev_id(void __iomem *base);
 u32 orion_pcie_rev(void __iomem *base);
 int orion_pcie_link_up(void __iomem *base);
+int orion_pcie_x4_mode(void __iomem *base);
 int orion_pcie_get_local_bus_nr(void __iomem *base);
 void orion_pcie_set_local_bus_nr(void __iomem *base, int nr);
 void orion_pcie_setup(void __iomem *base,