diff --git a/doc/driver-model/README.txt b/doc/driver-model/README.txt
index 59ef05c..11af35d 100644
--- a/doc/driver-model/README.txt
+++ b/doc/driver-model/README.txt
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 You should see something like this:
 
     <...U-Boot banner...>
-    Running 19 driver model tests
+    Running 20 driver model tests
     Test: dm_test_autobind
     Test: dm_test_autoprobe
     Test: dm_test_bus_children
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
     Device 'c-test@0': seq 0 is in use by 'a-test'
     Device 'c-test@1': seq 1 is in use by 'd-test'
     Test: dm_test_bus_children_funcs
+    Test: dm_test_bus_parent_data
     Test: dm_test_children
     Test: dm_test_fdt
     Device 'd-test': seq 3 is in use by 'b-test'
@@ -489,16 +490,23 @@
    stored in the device, but it is uclass data. owned by the uclass driver.
    It is possible for the device to access it.
 
-   d. All parent devices are probed. It is not possible to activate a device
+   d. If the device's immediate parent specifies a per_child_auto_alloc_size
+   then this space is allocated. This is intended for use by the parent
+   device to keep track of things related to the child. For example a USB
+   flash stick attached to a USB host controller would likely use this
+   space. The controller can hold information about the USB state of each
+   of its children.
+
+   e. All parent devices are probed. It is not possible to activate a device
    unless its predecessors (all the way up to the root device) are activated.
    This means (for example) that an I2C driver will require that its bus
    be activated.
 
-   e. The device's sequence number is assigned, either the requested one
+   f. The device's sequence number is assigned, either the requested one
    (assuming no conflicts) or the next available one if there is a conflict
    or nothing particular is requested.
 
-   f. If the driver provides an ofdata_to_platdata() method, then this is
+   g. If the driver provides an ofdata_to_platdata() method, then this is
    called to convert the device tree data into platform data. This should
    do various calls like fdtdec_get_int(gd->fdt_blob, dev->of_offset, ...)
    to access the node and store the resulting information into dev->platdata.
@@ -514,7 +522,7 @@
    data, one day it is possible that U-Boot will cache platformat data for
    devices which are regularly de/activated).
 
-   g. The device's probe() method is called. This should do anything that
+   h. The device's probe() method is called. This should do anything that
    is required by the device to get it going. This could include checking
    that the hardware is actually present, setting up clocks for the
    hardware and setting up hardware registers to initial values. The code
@@ -529,9 +537,9 @@
    allocate the priv space here yourself. The same applies also to
    platdata_auto_alloc_size. Remember to free them in the remove() method.
 
-   h. The device is marked 'activated'
+   i. The device is marked 'activated'
 
-   i. The uclass's post_probe() method is called, if one exists. This may
+   j. The uclass's post_probe() method is called, if one exists. This may
    cause the uclass to do some housekeeping to record the device as
    activated and 'known' by the uclass.
 
@@ -562,7 +570,8 @@
    to be sure that no hardware is running, it should be enough to remove
    all devices.
 
-   d. The device memory is freed (platform data, private data, uclass data).
+   d. The device memory is freed (platform data, private data, uclass data,
+   parent data).
 
    Note: Because the platform data for a U_BOOT_DEVICE() is defined with a
    static pointer, it is not de-allocated during the remove() method. For
diff --git a/drivers/core/device.c b/drivers/core/device.c
index 74bb5f0..42d250f 100644
--- a/drivers/core/device.c
+++ b/drivers/core/device.c
@@ -218,6 +218,13 @@
 		free(dev->uclass_priv);
 		dev->uclass_priv = NULL;
 	}
+	if (dev->parent) {
+		size = dev->parent->driver->per_child_auto_alloc_size;
+		if (size) {
+			free(dev->parent_priv);
+			dev->parent_priv = NULL;
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 int device_probe(struct udevice *dev)
@@ -263,6 +270,15 @@
 
 	/* Ensure all parents are probed */
 	if (dev->parent) {
+		size = dev->parent->driver->per_child_auto_alloc_size;
+		if (size) {
+			dev->parent_priv = calloc(1, size);
+			if (!dev->parent_priv) {
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
+				goto fail;
+			}
+		}
+
 		ret = device_probe(dev->parent);
 		if (ret)
 			goto fail;
@@ -377,6 +393,16 @@
 	return dev->priv;
 }
 
+void *dev_get_parentdata(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	if (!dev) {
+		dm_warn("%s: null device", __func__);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return dev->parent_priv;
+}
+
 static int device_get_device_tail(struct udevice *dev, int ret,
 				  struct udevice **devp)
 {
diff --git a/include/dm/device.h b/include/dm/device.h
index 3f0f711..20207ce 100644
--- a/include/dm/device.h
+++ b/include/dm/device.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
  * @priv: Private data for this device
  * @uclass: Pointer to uclass for this device
  * @uclass_priv: The uclass's private data for this device
+ * @parent_priv: The parent's private data for this device
  * @uclass_node: Used by uclass to link its devices
  * @child_head: List of children of this device
  * @sibling_node: Next device in list of all devices
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@
 	void *priv;
 	struct uclass *uclass;
 	void *uclass_priv;
+	void *parent_priv;
 	struct list_head uclass_node;
 	struct list_head child_head;
 	struct list_head sibling_node;
@@ -124,6 +126,9 @@
  * This is typically only useful for device-tree-aware drivers (those with
  * an of_match), since drivers which use platdata will have the data
  * provided in the U_BOOT_DEVICE() instantiation.
+ * @per_child_auto_alloc_size: Each device can hold private data owned by
+ * its parent. If required this will be automatically allocated if this
+ * value is non-zero.
  * @ops: Driver-specific operations. This is typically a list of function
  * pointers defined by the driver, to implement driver functions required by
  * the uclass.
@@ -140,6 +145,7 @@
 	int (*ofdata_to_platdata)(struct udevice *dev);
 	int priv_auto_alloc_size;
 	int platdata_auto_alloc_size;
+	int per_child_auto_alloc_size;
 	const void *ops;	/* driver-specific operations */
 	uint32_t flags;
 };
@@ -159,6 +165,20 @@
 void *dev_get_platdata(struct udevice *dev);
 
 /**
+ * dev_get_parentdata() - Get the parent data for a device
+ *
+ * The parent data is data stored in the device but owned by the parent.
+ * For example, a USB device may have parent data which contains information
+ * about how to talk to the device over USB.
+ *
+ * This checks that dev is not NULL, but no other checks for now
+ *
+ * @dev		Device to check
+ * @return parent data, or NULL if none
+ */
+void *dev_get_parentdata(struct udevice *dev);
+
+/**
  * dev_get_priv() - Get the private data for a device
  *
  * This checks that dev is not NULL, but no other checks for now
diff --git a/include/dm/test.h b/include/dm/test.h
index e8e1c0b..7b04850 100644
--- a/include/dm/test.h
+++ b/include/dm/test.h
@@ -82,6 +82,15 @@
 	int total_add;
 };
 
+/**
+ * struct dm_test_parent_data - parent's information on each child
+ *
+ * @sum: Test value used to check parent data works correctly
+ */
+struct dm_test_parent_data {
+	int sum;
+};
+
 /*
  * Operation counts for the test driver, used to check that each method is
  * called correctly
diff --git a/test/dm/bus.c b/test/dm/bus.c
index 08a4725..df8edcb 100644
--- a/test/dm/bus.c
+++ b/test/dm/bus.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <common.h>
 #include <dm.h>
+#include <dm/device-internal.h>
 #include <dm/root.h>
 #include <dm/test.h>
 #include <dm/ut.h>
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
 	.probe	= testbus_drv_probe,
 	.priv_auto_alloc_size = sizeof(struct dm_test_priv),
 	.platdata_auto_alloc_size = sizeof(struct dm_test_pdata),
+	.per_child_auto_alloc_size = sizeof(struct dm_test_parent_data),
 };
 
 UCLASS_DRIVER(testbus) = {
@@ -107,3 +109,66 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 DM_TEST(dm_test_bus_children_funcs, DM_TESTF_SCAN_PDATA | DM_TESTF_SCAN_FDT);
+
+/* Test that the bus can store data about each child */
+static int dm_test_bus_parent_data(struct dm_test_state *dms)
+{
+	struct dm_test_parent_data *parent_data;
+	struct udevice *bus, *dev;
+	struct uclass *uc;
+	int value;
+
+	ut_assertok(uclass_get_device(UCLASS_TEST_BUS, 0, &bus));
+
+	/* Check that parent data is allocated */
+	ut_assertok(device_find_child_by_seq(bus, 0, true, &dev));
+	ut_asserteq_ptr(NULL, dev_get_parentdata(dev));
+	ut_assertok(device_get_child_by_seq(bus, 0, &dev));
+	parent_data = dev_get_parentdata(dev);
+	ut_assert(NULL != parent_data);
+
+	/* Check that it starts at 0 and goes away when device is removed */
+	parent_data->sum += 5;
+	ut_asserteq(5, parent_data->sum);
+	device_remove(dev);
+	ut_asserteq_ptr(NULL, dev_get_parentdata(dev));
+
+	/* Check that we can do this twice */
+	ut_assertok(device_get_child_by_seq(bus, 0, &dev));
+	parent_data = dev_get_parentdata(dev);
+	ut_assert(NULL != parent_data);
+	parent_data->sum += 5;
+	ut_asserteq(5, parent_data->sum);
+
+	/* Add parent data to all children */
+	ut_assertok(uclass_get(UCLASS_TEST_FDT, &uc));
+	value = 5;
+	uclass_foreach_dev(dev, uc) {
+		/* Ignore these if they are not on this bus */
+		if (dev->parent != bus) {
+			ut_asserteq_ptr(NULL, dev_get_parentdata(dev));
+			continue;
+		}
+		ut_assertok(device_probe(dev));
+		parent_data = dev_get_parentdata(dev);
+
+		parent_data->sum = value;
+		value += 5;
+	}
+
+	/* Check it is still there */
+	value = 5;
+	uclass_foreach_dev(dev, uc) {
+		/* Ignore these if they are not on this bus */
+		if (dev->parent != bus)
+			continue;
+		parent_data = dev_get_parentdata(dev);
+
+		ut_asserteq(value, parent_data->sum);
+		value += 5;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+DM_TEST(dm_test_bus_parent_data, DM_TESTF_SCAN_PDATA | DM_TESTF_SCAN_FDT);