diff --git a/include/kvm/arm_vgic.h b/include/kvm/arm_vgic.h
index 53f631bdec756eadbf9e78a730a837c539b55d5f..ba9fb450aa1bdc11ba219de00ed8e0a71f829e8d 100644
--- a/include/kvm/arm_vgic.h
+++ b/include/kvm/arm_vgic.h
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ struct vgic_global {
 	/* Only needed for the legacy KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP */
 	bool			can_emulate_gicv2;
 
+	/* Hardware has GICv4? */
+	bool			has_gicv4;
+
 	/* GIC system register CPU interface */
 	struct static_key_false gicv3_cpuif;
 
diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-mmio-v3.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-mmio-v3.c
index 83786108829e38feb57267648c88acb04173f8ca..671fe81f8e1de991e1636a9901012b0a203618a4 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-mmio-v3.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-mmio-v3.c
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ bool vgic_has_its(struct kvm *kvm)
 	return dist->has_its;
 }
 
+bool vgic_supports_direct_msis(struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+	return kvm_vgic_global_state.has_gicv4 && vgic_has_its(kvm);
+}
+
 static unsigned long vgic_mmio_read_v3_misc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 					    gpa_t addr, unsigned int len)
 {
diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.h b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.h
index 0ac85045c0c7038c351389e04fced9cb1a2ec6c0..67509b203cf52313fedf1229eaa3289858f77235 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.h
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.h
@@ -241,4 +241,6 @@ int vgic_its_resolve_lpi(struct kvm *kvm, struct vgic_its *its,
 			 u32 devid, u32 eventid, struct vgic_irq **irq);
 struct vgic_its *vgic_msi_to_its(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_msi *msi);
 
+bool vgic_supports_direct_msis(struct kvm *kvm);
+
 #endif