diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index 328c54ab01544929f2d0ba476f2bbc1f1c688ea8..596de212fe7e15b401af5ad6d257eb6bc5878799 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -263,6 +263,13 @@ void vhost_work_queue(struct vhost_dev *dev, struct vhost_work *work)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_work_queue);
 
+/* A lockless hint for busy polling code to exit the loop */
+bool vhost_has_work(struct vhost_dev *dev)
+{
+	return !list_empty(&dev->work_list);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_has_work);
+
 void vhost_poll_queue(struct vhost_poll *poll)
 {
 	vhost_work_queue(poll->dev, &poll->work);
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
index 8f0dd0d915d4e3619eb748832d381ddd4f2fb811..eef33b11a7ed54ac2868abcc9a2cce6ece55b2ef 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ struct vhost_poll {
 
 void vhost_work_init(struct vhost_work *work, vhost_work_fn_t fn);
 void vhost_work_queue(struct vhost_dev *dev, struct vhost_work *work);
+bool vhost_has_work(struct vhost_dev *dev);
 
 void vhost_poll_init(struct vhost_poll *poll, vhost_work_fn_t fn,
 		     unsigned long mask, struct vhost_dev *dev);