diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/api.c b/drivers/misc/cxl/api.c
index 6a030bf716559bb279768bbe87b4ba700e9bfb3d..1e2c0d9f1df7f4dc335397b25f3808e42c39ef97 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/cxl/api.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/api.c
@@ -447,3 +447,30 @@ ssize_t cxl_read_adapter_vpd(struct pci_dev *dev, void *buf, size_t count)
 	return cxl_ops->read_adapter_vpd(afu->adapter, buf, count);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cxl_read_adapter_vpd);
+
+int cxl_set_max_irqs_per_process(struct pci_dev *dev, int irqs)
+{
+	struct cxl_afu *afu = cxl_pci_to_afu(dev);
+	if (IS_ERR(afu))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	if (irqs > afu->adapter->user_irqs)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* Limit user_irqs to prevent the user increasing this via sysfs */
+	afu->adapter->user_irqs = irqs;
+	afu->irqs_max = irqs;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cxl_set_max_irqs_per_process);
+
+int cxl_get_max_irqs_per_process(struct pci_dev *dev)
+{
+	struct cxl_afu *afu = cxl_pci_to_afu(dev);
+	if (IS_ERR(afu))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	return afu->irqs_max;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cxl_get_max_irqs_per_process);
diff --git a/include/misc/cxl.h b/include/misc/cxl.h
index dd9eebba3bb6589a8309382d128171dfa7c038ff..fc07ed47c2d8700c0b0bf0e8b640cd88521cee0b 100644
--- a/include/misc/cxl.h
+++ b/include/misc/cxl.h
@@ -166,6 +166,16 @@ void cxl_psa_unmap(void __iomem *addr);
 /*  Get the process element for this context */
 int cxl_process_element(struct cxl_context *ctx);
 
+/*
+ * Limit the number of interrupts that a single context can allocate via
+ * cxl_start_work. If using the api with a real phb, this may be used to
+ * request that additional default contexts be created when allocating
+ * interrupts via pci_enable_msix_range. These will be set to the same running
+ * state as the default context, and if that is running it will reuse the
+ * parameters previously passed to cxl_start_context for the default context.
+ */
+int cxl_set_max_irqs_per_process(struct pci_dev *dev, int irqs);
+int cxl_get_max_irqs_per_process(struct pci_dev *dev);
 
 /*
  * These calls allow drivers to create their own file descriptors and make them