}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(set_required_buffer_size);
 
+/**
+ * wmi_instance_count - Get number of WMI object instances
+ * @guid_string: 36 char string of the form fa50ff2b-f2e8-45de-83fa-65417f2f49ba
+ *
+ * Get the number of WMI object instances.
+ *
+ * Returns: Number of WMI object instances or negative error code.
+ */
+int wmi_instance_count(const char *guid_string)
+{
+       struct wmi_block *wblock;
+       acpi_status status;
+
+       status = find_guid(guid_string, &wblock);
+       if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+               if (status == AE_BAD_PARAMETER)
+                       return -EINVAL;
+
+               return -ENODEV;
+       }
+
+       return wmidev_instance_count(&wblock->dev);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wmi_instance_count);
+
+/**
+ * wmidev_instance_count - Get number of WMI object instances
+ * @wdev: A wmi bus device from a driver
+ *
+ * Get the number of WMI object instances.
+ *
+ * Returns: Number of WMI object instances.
+ */
+u8 wmidev_instance_count(struct wmi_device *wdev)
+{
+       struct wmi_block *wblock = container_of(wdev, struct wmi_block, dev);
+
+       return wblock->gblock.instance_count;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wmidev_instance_count);
+
 /**
  * wmi_evaluate_method - Evaluate a WMI method (deprecated)
  * @guid_string: 36 char string of the form fa50ff2b-f2e8-45de-83fa-65417f2f49ba
 
 
 typedef void (*wmi_notify_handler) (u32 value, void *context);
 
+int wmi_instance_count(const char *guid);
+
 extern acpi_status wmi_evaluate_method(const char *guid, u8 instance,
                                        u32 method_id,
                                        const struct acpi_buffer *in,
 
 extern union acpi_object *wmidev_block_query(struct wmi_device *wdev,
                                             u8 instance);
 
+u8 wmidev_instance_count(struct wmi_device *wdev);
+
 extern int set_required_buffer_size(struct wmi_device *wdev, u64 length);
 
 /**