diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
index fa6b75db5f1fb2d89cb83804e99e2a3317db9f8a..224f85442f3f2c3b9f50439040148bdfe8fcae4c 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <linux/virtio_config.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
+#include <uapi/linux/virtio_ids.h>
 
 /* Unique numbering for virtio devices. */
 static DEFINE_IDA(virtio_index_ida);
@@ -267,6 +268,12 @@ static struct bus_type virtio_bus = {
 	.remove = virtio_dev_remove,
 };
 
+bool virtio_device_is_legacy_only(struct virtio_device_id id)
+{
+	return id.device == VIRTIO_ID_BALLOON;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtio_device_is_legacy_only);
+
 int register_virtio_driver(struct virtio_driver *driver)
 {
 	/* Catch this early. */
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio.h b/include/linux/virtio.h
index 2bbf626976718229ce14ea3b64ad09da37f0bd9a..d666bcb57401bf9fbf2b3d1f7887bfd251b9ab40 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio.h
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ struct virtio_device {
 	void *priv;
 };
 
+bool virtio_device_is_legacy_only(struct virtio_device_id id);
+
 static inline struct virtio_device *dev_to_virtio(struct device *_dev)
 {
 	return container_of(_dev, struct virtio_device, dev);