diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 1e6dce430dca..69743d6deeaf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -491,6 +491,28 @@ int gpiod_get_direction(struct gpio_desc *desc)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpiod_get_direction);
 
+/**
+ * gpiod_is_single_ended - check if the GPIO is configured as single-ended
+ * @desc: the GPIO descriptor to check
+ *
+ * Returns true if the GPIO is configured as either Open Drain or Open Source.
+ * In these modes, the direction of the line cannot always be reliably
+ * determined by reading hardware registers, as the "off" state (High-Z)
+ * is physically indistinguishable from an input state.
+ */
+bool gpiod_is_single_ended(struct gpio_desc *desc)
+{
+	if (!desc)
+		return false;
+
+	if (test_bit(GPIOD_FLAG_OPEN_DRAIN, &desc->flags) ||
+		test_bit(GPIOD_FLAG_OPEN_SOURCE, &desc->flags))
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpiod_is_single_ended);
+
 /*
  * Add a new chip to the global chips list, keeping the list of chips sorted
  * by range(means [base, base + ngpio - 1]) order.
diff --git a/include/linux/gpio/consumer.h b/include/linux/gpio/consumer.h
index 3efb5cb1e1d1..8fb27f9aa67f 100644
--- a/include/linux/gpio/consumer.h
+++ b/include/linux/gpio/consumer.h
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ void devm_gpiod_unhinge(struct device *dev, struct gpio_desc *desc);
 void devm_gpiod_put_array(struct device *dev, struct gpio_descs *descs);
 
 int gpiod_get_direction(struct gpio_desc *desc);
+bool gpiod_is_single_ended(struct gpio_desc *desc);
 int gpiod_direction_input(struct gpio_desc *desc);
 int gpiod_direction_output(struct gpio_desc *desc, int value);
 int gpiod_direction_output_raw(struct gpio_desc *desc, int value);
@@ -337,6 +338,10 @@ static inline int gpiod_get_direction(const struct gpio_desc *desc)
 	WARN_ON(desc);
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }
+static inline bool gpiod_is_single_ended(struct gpio_desc *desc)
+{
+	return false;
+}
 static inline int gpiod_direction_input(struct gpio_desc *desc)
 {
 	/* GPIO can never have been requested */