diff --git a/include/linux/swiotlb.h b/include/linux/swiotlb.h
index d3980aeed4a0..29bc3a203283 100644
--- a/include/linux/swiotlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/swiotlb.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ bool swiotlb_map(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t *phys, dma_addr_t *dma_addr,
 void __init swiotlb_exit(void);
 unsigned int swiotlb_max_segment(void);
 size_t swiotlb_max_mapping_size(struct device *dev);
+bool is_swiotlb_active(void);
 #else
 #define swiotlb_force SWIOTLB_NO_FORCE
 static inline bool is_swiotlb_buffer(phys_addr_t paddr)
@@ -100,6 +101,11 @@ static inline size_t swiotlb_max_mapping_size(struct device *dev)
 {
 	return SIZE_MAX;
 }
+
+static inline bool is_swiotlb_active(void)
+{
+	return false;
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_SWIOTLB */
 
 extern void swiotlb_print_info(void);
diff --git a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
index 9cb21259cb0b..c873f9cc2146 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
@@ -667,3 +667,12 @@ size_t swiotlb_max_mapping_size(struct device *dev)
 {
 	return ((size_t)1 << IO_TLB_SHIFT) * IO_TLB_SEGSIZE;
 }
+
+bool is_swiotlb_active(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * When SWIOTLB is initialized, even if io_tlb_start points to physical
+	 * address zero, io_tlb_end surely doesn't.
+	 */
+	return io_tlb_end != 0;
+}