diff --git a/src/soc/mediatek/common/include/soc/mt6363.h b/src/soc/mediatek/common/include/soc/mt6363.h
index 46591191b5..7e06c24c4e 100644
--- a/src/soc/mediatek/common/include/soc/mt6363.h
+++ b/src/soc/mediatek/common/include/soc/mt6363.h
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ void mt6363_enable_vram_digrf(bool enable);
 void mt6363_enable_vram_mdfe(bool enable);
 void mt6363_init_pmif_arb(void);
 u16 mt6363_read16(u32 reg);
+u8 mt6363_read8(u32 reg);
 void mt6363_write8(u32 reg, u8 reg_val);
 void mt6363_write_field(u32 reg, u32 val, u32 mask, u32 shift);
 void mt6363_init_setting(void);
diff --git a/src/soc/mediatek/common/mt6363.c b/src/soc/mediatek/common/mt6363.c
index b16f6b1dbc..a618b6f04b 100644
--- a/src/soc/mediatek/common/mt6363.c
+++ b/src/soc/mediatek/common/mt6363.c
@@ -34,6 +34,16 @@ u16 mt6363_read16(u32 reg)
 	return rdata;
 }
 
+u8 mt6363_read8(u32 reg)
+{
+	u32 rdata = 0;
+
+	assert(pmif_arb);
+	pmif_arb->read(pmif_arb, SPMI_SLAVE_4, reg, &rdata);
+
+	return (u8)rdata;
+}
+
 void mt6363_write8(u32 reg, u8 data)
 {
 	assert(pmif_arb);