diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel-svm.c b/drivers/iommu/intel-svm.c
index 23c427602c55ba10a546737edabb1bfb24497304..f167c0d84ebfb7f5937eb798c9cdbd8bd9abe6c6 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/intel-svm.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/intel-svm.c
@@ -489,6 +489,36 @@ int intel_svm_unbind_mm(struct device *dev, int pasid)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(intel_svm_unbind_mm);
 
+int intel_svm_is_pasid_valid(struct device *dev, int pasid)
+{
+	struct intel_iommu *iommu;
+	struct intel_svm *svm;
+	int ret = -EINVAL;
+
+	mutex_lock(&pasid_mutex);
+	iommu = intel_svm_device_to_iommu(dev);
+	if (!iommu || !iommu->pasid_table)
+		goto out;
+
+	svm = idr_find(&iommu->pasid_idr, pasid);
+	if (!svm)
+		goto out;
+
+	/* init_mm is used in this case */
+	if (!svm->mm)
+		ret = 1;
+	else if (atomic_read(&svm->mm->mm_users) > 0)
+		ret = 1;
+	else
+		ret = 0;
+
+ out:
+	mutex_unlock(&pasid_mutex);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(intel_svm_is_pasid_valid);
+
 /* Page request queue descriptor */
 struct page_req_dsc {
 	u64 srr:1;
diff --git a/include/linux/intel-svm.h b/include/linux/intel-svm.h
index 3c25794042f937b4d3a184a669b98f9acc4b29a5..99bc5b3ae26e1622f07558c52510c5e351e3cad6 100644
--- a/include/linux/intel-svm.h
+++ b/include/linux/intel-svm.h
@@ -102,6 +102,21 @@ extern int intel_svm_bind_mm(struct device *dev, int *pasid, int flags,
  */
 extern int intel_svm_unbind_mm(struct device *dev, int pasid);
 
+/**
+ * intel_svm_is_pasid_valid() - check if pasid is valid
+ * @dev:	Device for which PASID was allocated
+ * @pasid:	PASID value to be checked
+ *
+ * This function checks if the specified pasid is still valid. A
+ * valid pasid means the backing mm is still having a valid user.
+ * For kernel callers init_mm is always valid. for other mm, if mm->mm_users
+ * is non-zero, it is valid.
+ *
+ * returns -EINVAL if invalid pasid, 0 if pasid ref count is invalid
+ * 1 if pasid is valid.
+ */
+extern int intel_svm_is_pasid_valid(struct device *dev, int pasid);
+
 #else /* CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU_SVM */
 
 static inline int intel_svm_bind_mm(struct device *dev, int *pasid,
@@ -114,6 +129,11 @@ static inline int intel_svm_unbind_mm(struct device *dev, int pasid)
 {
 	BUG();
 }
+
+static int intel_svm_is_pasid_valid(struct device *dev, int pasid)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU_SVM */
 
 #define intel_svm_available(dev) (!intel_svm_bind_mm((dev), NULL, 0, NULL))