diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_ioctl.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_ioctl.c
index 339b851450446567d34780aec5779d0aa76fedeb..7016e729f139fd527ad381a2c49a38522cc0ee96 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_ioctl.c
@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@ static long ib_uverbs_cmd_verbs(struct ib_device *ib_dev,
 	size_t ctx_size;
 	uintptr_t data[UVERBS_OPTIMIZE_USING_STACK_SZ / sizeof(uintptr_t)];
 
+	if (hdr->driver_id != ib_dev->driver_id)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	object_spec = uverbs_get_object(ib_dev, hdr->object_id);
 	if (!object_spec)
 		return -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
@@ -350,7 +353,7 @@ long ib_uverbs_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		if (hdr.reserved) {
+		if (hdr.reserved1 || hdr.reserved2) {
 			err = -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
 			goto out;
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
index f6e361750466f50acab01a4f1a397260e3a84472..abe0be8b5ddcda0a5040d5893085303e9961b77c 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
@@ -619,6 +619,7 @@ static int bnxt_re_register_ib(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
 	ibdev->get_hw_stats             = bnxt_re_ib_get_hw_stats;
 	ibdev->alloc_hw_stats           = bnxt_re_ib_alloc_hw_stats;
 
+	ibdev->driver_id = RDMA_DRIVER_BNXT_RE;
 	return ib_register_device(ibdev, NULL);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c
index a578ca559e112920f23d84606564a6e1b60972fc..1804b6c4a6ec13415a9075e32a9f059c03e30968 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c
@@ -1439,6 +1439,7 @@ int iwch_register_device(struct iwch_dev *dev)
 	memcpy(dev->ibdev.iwcm->ifname, dev->rdev.t3cdev_p->lldev->name,
 	       sizeof(dev->ibdev.iwcm->ifname));
 
+	dev->ibdev.driver_id = RDMA_DRIVER_CXGB3;
 	ret = ib_register_device(&dev->ibdev, NULL);
 	if (ret)
 		goto bail1;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/provider.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/provider.c
index 42568a4df3f83fe8f000a9b3d2aaa7c5d89a23f8..dc4eabd85f54c0dabf26f89ac497b975c94917a2 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/provider.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/provider.c
@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@ void c4iw_register_device(struct work_struct *work)
 	memcpy(dev->ibdev.iwcm->ifname, dev->rdev.lldi.ports[0]->name,
 	       sizeof(dev->ibdev.iwcm->ifname));
 
+	dev->ibdev.driver_id = RDMA_DRIVER_CXGB4;
 	ret = ib_register_device(&dev->ibdev, NULL);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_kfree_iwcm;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/verbs.c
index 471d55c5006689303208e5770247bda8733e5cad..c8cf4d4984d3439773e3d04d1cfebd664d686378 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/verbs.c
@@ -1960,7 +1960,7 @@ int hfi1_register_ib_device(struct hfi1_devdata *dd)
 			      i,
 			      ppd->pkeys);
 
-	ret = rvt_register_device(&dd->verbs_dev.rdi);
+	ret = rvt_register_device(&dd->verbs_dev.rdi, RDMA_DRIVER_HFI1);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_verbs_txreq;
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hns/hns_roce_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hns/hns_roce_main.c
index 6e48b1f507cf3df5198fbfb39089b1abfb82bbce..83e21f696bbc78a8d3b53038924cfd0848103641 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hns/hns_roce_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hns/hns_roce_main.c
@@ -526,6 +526,7 @@ static int hns_roce_register_device(struct hns_roce_dev *hr_dev)
 	/* OTHERS */
 	ib_dev->get_port_immutable	= hns_roce_port_immutable;
 
+	ib_dev->driver_id = RDMA_DRIVER_HNS;
 	ret = ib_register_device(ib_dev, NULL);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev, "ib_register_device failed!\n");
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_verbs.c
index 60e004d2100e893cea0a6f07a59e997534a4ae5e..40e4f5ab2b46b15abd21081b3bc4f9d2145f4c63 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_verbs.c
@@ -2927,6 +2927,7 @@ int i40iw_register_rdma_device(struct i40iw_device *iwdev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	iwibdev = iwdev->iwibdev;
 
+	iwibdev->ibdev.driver_id = RDMA_DRIVER_I40IW;
 	ret = ib_register_device(&iwibdev->ibdev, NULL);
 	if (ret)
 		goto error;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
index b9befda1eb273536cc4ee9a35e092ea792ad7e99..d1be3231f4f0b7c5e947ce3d04717d367ea302a2 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
@@ -2955,6 +2955,7 @@ static void *mlx4_ib_add(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
 	if (mlx4_ib_alloc_diag_counters(ibdev))
 		goto err_steer_free_bitmap;
 
+	ibdev->ib_dev.driver_id = RDMA_DRIVER_MLX4;
 	if (ib_register_device(&ibdev->ib_dev, NULL))
 		goto err_diag_counters;
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
index d06aae9aa600eb0b7959d46bf6ca5eca5a819c80..6b50711df786b30bcad633914ce0292638a9048c 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
@@ -4779,6 +4779,7 @@ int mlx5_ib_stage_caps_init(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
 	dev->ib_dev.uverbs_ex_cmd_mask |=
 			(1ull << IB_USER_VERBS_EX_CMD_CREATE_FLOW) |
 			(1ull << IB_USER_VERBS_EX_CMD_DESTROY_FLOW);
+	dev->ib_dev.driver_id = RDMA_DRIVER_MLX5;
 
 	err = init_node_data(dev);
 	if (err)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_provider.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_provider.c
index 6fee7795d1c8a8d58157c77099d3d80a96a19e7d..541f237965c750dee9c81616d0213e7e32ad93fa 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_provider.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_provider.c
@@ -1295,6 +1295,7 @@ int mthca_register_device(struct mthca_dev *dev)
 
 	mutex_init(&dev->cap_mask_mutex);
 
+	dev->ib_dev.driver_id = RDMA_DRIVER_MTHCA;
 	ret = ib_register_device(&dev->ib_dev, NULL);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_verbs.c
index 162475aeeedd7ffd30ca0478e9bcbe0c16204e54..1040a6e34230d4cf2a4be130e25ef6c808f0c8fd 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_verbs.c
@@ -3854,6 +3854,7 @@ int nes_register_ofa_device(struct nes_ib_device *nesibdev)
 	struct nes_adapter *nesadapter = nesdev->nesadapter;
 	int i, ret;
 
+	nesvnic->nesibdev->ibdev.driver_id = RDMA_DRIVER_NES;
 	ret = ib_register_device(&nesvnic->nesibdev->ibdev, NULL);
 	if (ret) {
 		return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_main.c
index 42dc0de54cb837a22ddd1d9f4cf58155587a583f..4547aa28d4aeca8f25e89b22168169aecba89af1 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_main.c
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ static int ocrdma_register_device(struct ocrdma_dev *dev)
 		dev->ibdev.destroy_srq = ocrdma_destroy_srq;
 		dev->ibdev.post_srq_recv = ocrdma_post_srq_recv;
 	}
+	dev->ibdev.driver_id = RDMA_DRIVER_OCRDMA;
 	return ib_register_device(&dev->ibdev, NULL);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/main.c
index db4bf97c0e156cdda65f09934bd48f7b0e4a5de4..f865c0991ad92232a0e32ad83bdcfb7ce6b349cc 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/main.c
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ static int qedr_register_device(struct qedr_dev *dev)
 	dev->ibdev.get_link_layer = qedr_link_layer;
 	dev->ibdev.get_dev_fw_str = qedr_get_dev_fw_str;
 
+	dev->ibdev.driver_id = RDMA_DRIVER_QEDR;
 	return ib_register_device(&dev->ibdev, NULL);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_verbs.c
index fabee760407e808fa58f441e9b136526de9c43da..3977abbc83ad608ef4af4c63961cc47d91d583f7 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_verbs.c
@@ -1646,7 +1646,7 @@ int qib_register_ib_device(struct qib_devdata *dd)
 			      dd->rcd[ctxt]->pkeys);
 	}
 
-	ret = rvt_register_device(&dd->verbs_dev.rdi);
+	ret = rvt_register_device(&dd->verbs_dev.rdi, RDMA_DRIVER_QIB);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_tx;
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_ib_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_ib_main.c
index f45e99a938e099805e4c1fd253506af99020df52..aed1ca390e305925c9c49ee6901fed0de7b6f0c4 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_ib_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_ib_main.c
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ static void *usnic_ib_device_add(struct pci_dev *dev)
 	us_ibdev->ib_dev.get_dev_fw_str     = usnic_get_dev_fw_str;
 
 
+	us_ibdev->ib_dev.driver_id = RDMA_DRIVER_USNIC;
 	if (ib_register_device(&us_ibdev->ib_dev, NULL))
 		goto err_fwd_dealloc;
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/pvrdma_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/pvrdma_main.c
index d650a9fcde242d8801f59ec675b0129393c34529..4834460e2a0bdb8cbca053e539bd6c2fb6185a42 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/pvrdma_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/pvrdma_main.c
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ static int pvrdma_register_device(struct pvrdma_dev *dev)
 		if (!dev->srq_tbl)
 			goto err_qp_free;
 	}
+	dev->ib_dev.driver_id = RDMA_DRIVER_VMW_PVRDMA;
 	spin_lock_init(&dev->srq_tbl_lock);
 
 	ret = ib_register_device(&dev->ib_dev, NULL);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/vt.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/vt.c
index a67b0ddc2230ba8e07732df94262a06bae81240c..434199d0bc96ca149184605be52747aec6518393 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/vt.c
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ static noinline int check_support(struct rvt_dev_info *rdi, int verb)
  *
  * Return: 0 on success otherwise an errno.
  */
-int rvt_register_device(struct rvt_dev_info *rdi)
+int rvt_register_device(struct rvt_dev_info *rdi, u32 driver_id)
 {
 	int ret = 0, i;
 
@@ -831,6 +831,7 @@ int rvt_register_device(struct rvt_dev_info *rdi)
 	rdi->ibdev.node_type = RDMA_NODE_IB_CA;
 	rdi->ibdev.num_comp_vectors = 1;
 
+	rdi->ibdev.driver_id = driver_id;
 	/* We are now good to announce we exist */
 	ret =  ib_register_device(&rdi->ibdev, rdi->driver_f.port_callback);
 	if (ret) {
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
index ced79e49234b223e5553a51465aaecd466dc50f6..5ef8c3333e43959e9b970500d7a3a0295e2a1fbf 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
@@ -1335,6 +1335,7 @@ int rxe_register_device(struct rxe_dev *rxe)
 	}
 	rxe->tfm = tfm;
 
+	dev->driver_id = RDMA_DRIVER_RXE;
 	err = ib_register_device(dev, NULL);
 	if (err) {
 		pr_warn("%s failed with error %d\n", __func__, err);
diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
index 3cc48f34e3e48e6419032c0faad1ac06a314d63a..2357f2b296107bb9610c403b8f2a0623a5dfe953 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 #include <linux/cgroup_rdma.h>
 #include <uapi/rdma/ib_user_verbs.h>
 #include <rdma/restrack.h>
+#include <uapi/rdma/rdma_user_ioctl.h>
 
 #define IB_FW_VERSION_NAME_MAX	ETHTOOL_FWVERS_LEN
 
@@ -2385,6 +2386,7 @@ struct ib_device {
 						     int comp_vector);
 
 	struct uverbs_root_spec		*specs_root;
+	enum rdma_driver_id		driver_id;
 };
 
 struct ib_client {
diff --git a/include/rdma/rdma_vt.h b/include/rdma/rdma_vt.h
index 4118324a0310f98d3a499fe422410cd9f3e07395..3f4c187e435d6f52b7390e813e16e48eb0fccc8b 100644
--- a/include/rdma/rdma_vt.h
+++ b/include/rdma/rdma_vt.h
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ static inline void rvt_mod_retry_timer(struct rvt_qp *qp)
 
 struct rvt_dev_info *rvt_alloc_device(size_t size, int nports);
 void rvt_dealloc_device(struct rvt_dev_info *rdi);
-int rvt_register_device(struct rvt_dev_info *rvd);
+int rvt_register_device(struct rvt_dev_info *rvd, u32 driver_id);
 void rvt_unregister_device(struct rvt_dev_info *rvd);
 int rvt_check_ah(struct ib_device *ibdev, struct rdma_ah_attr *ah_attr);
 int rvt_init_port(struct rvt_dev_info *rdi, struct rvt_ibport *port,
diff --git a/include/uapi/rdma/rdma_user_ioctl_cmds.h b/include/uapi/rdma/rdma_user_ioctl_cmds.h
index aa1fffe3620b80f17a7d5a9ce47fced93372cb6b..40063cf970aa61827735abe29753420e472bccfb 100644
--- a/include/uapi/rdma/rdma_user_ioctl_cmds.h
+++ b/include/uapi/rdma/rdma_user_ioctl_cmds.h
@@ -64,8 +64,30 @@ struct ib_uverbs_ioctl_hdr {
 	__u16 object_id;
 	__u16 method_id;
 	__u16 num_attrs;
-	__aligned_u64 reserved;
+	__aligned_u64 reserved1;
+	__u32 driver_id;
+	__u32 reserved2;
 	struct ib_uverbs_attr  attrs[0];
 };
 
+enum rdma_driver_id {
+	RDMA_DRIVER_UNKNOWN,
+	RDMA_DRIVER_MLX5,
+	RDMA_DRIVER_MLX4,
+	RDMA_DRIVER_CXGB3,
+	RDMA_DRIVER_CXGB4,
+	RDMA_DRIVER_MTHCA,
+	RDMA_DRIVER_BNXT_RE,
+	RDMA_DRIVER_OCRDMA,
+	RDMA_DRIVER_NES,
+	RDMA_DRIVER_I40IW,
+	RDMA_DRIVER_VMW_PVRDMA,
+	RDMA_DRIVER_QEDR,
+	RDMA_DRIVER_HNS,
+	RDMA_DRIVER_USNIC,
+	RDMA_DRIVER_RXE,
+	RDMA_DRIVER_HFI1,
+	RDMA_DRIVER_QIB,
+};
+
 #endif