diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
index 8c0d33e182fd..1b9d47b10bd0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -30,6 +30,75 @@ static struct device *next_device(struct klist_iter *i)
 	return dev;
 }
 
+/**
+ * driver_set_override() - Helper to set or clear driver override.
+ * @dev: Device to change
+ * @override: Address of string to change (e.g. &device->driver_override);
+ *            The contents will be freed and hold newly allocated override.
+ * @s: NUL-terminated string, new driver name to force a match, pass empty
+ *     string to clear it ("" or "\n", where the latter is only for sysfs
+ *     interface).
+ * @len: length of @s
+ *
+ * Helper to set or clear driver override in a device, intended for the cases
+ * when the driver_override field is allocated by driver/bus code.
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success or a negative error code on failure.
+ */
+int driver_set_override(struct device *dev, const char **override,
+			const char *s, size_t len)
+{
+	const char *new, *old;
+	char *cp;
+
+	if (!override || !s)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * The stored value will be used in sysfs show callback (sysfs_emit()),
+	 * which has a length limit of PAGE_SIZE and adds a trailing newline.
+	 * Thus we can store one character less to avoid truncation during sysfs
+	 * show.
+	 */
+	if (len >= (PAGE_SIZE - 1))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!len) {
+		/* Empty string passed - clear override */
+		device_lock(dev);
+		old = *override;
+		*override = NULL;
+		device_unlock(dev);
+		kfree(old);
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	cp = strnchr(s, len, '\n');
+	if (cp)
+		len = cp - s;
+
+	new = kstrndup(s, len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!new)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	device_lock(dev);
+	old = *override;
+	if (cp != s) {
+		*override = new;
+	} else {
+		/* "\n" passed - clear override */
+		kfree(new);
+		*override = NULL;
+	}
+	device_unlock(dev);
+
+	kfree(old);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_set_override);
+
 /**
  * driver_for_each_device - Iterator for devices bound to a driver.
  * @drv: Driver we're iterating.
diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 8cc272fd5c99..b684157b7f2f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -1275,31 +1275,11 @@ static ssize_t driver_override_store(struct device *dev,
 				     const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
-	char *driver_override, *old, *cp;
-
-	/* We need to keep extra room for a newline */
-	if (count >= (PAGE_SIZE - 1))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	driver_override = kstrndup(buf, count, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!driver_override)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	cp = strchr(driver_override, '\n');
-	if (cp)
-		*cp = '\0';
-
-	device_lock(dev);
-	old = pdev->driver_override;
-	if (strlen(driver_override)) {
-		pdev->driver_override = driver_override;
-	} else {
-		kfree(driver_override);
-		pdev->driver_override = NULL;
-	}
-	device_unlock(dev);
+	int ret;
 
-	kfree(old);
+	ret = driver_set_override(dev, &pdev->driver_override, buf, count);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	return count;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/device/driver.h b/include/linux/device/driver.h
index 15e7c5e15d62..700453017e1c 100644
--- a/include/linux/device/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/device/driver.h
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ extern int __must_check driver_create_file(struct device_driver *driver,
 extern void driver_remove_file(struct device_driver *driver,
 			       const struct driver_attribute *attr);
 
+int driver_set_override(struct device *dev, const char **override,
+			const char *s, size_t len);
 extern int __must_check driver_for_each_device(struct device_driver *drv,
 					       struct device *start,
 					       void *data,
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
index 7c96f169d274..582d83ed9a91 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ struct platform_device {
 	struct resource	*resource;
 
 	const struct platform_device_id	*id_entry;
-	char *driver_override; /* Driver name to force a match */
+	/*
+	 * Driver name to force a match.  Do not set directly, because core
+	 * frees it.  Use driver_set_override() to set or clear it.
+	 */
+	const char *driver_override;
 
 	/* MFD cell pointer */
 	struct mfd_cell *mfd_cell;
