diff --git a/include/linux/irq.h b/include/linux/irq.h
index 2633061364b1..de3213d271ff 100644
--- a/include/linux/irq.h
+++ b/include/linux/irq.h
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ static inline irq_hw_number_t irqd_to_hwirq(struct irq_data *d)
  * @irq_write_msi_msg:	optional to write message content for MSI
  * @irq_get_irqchip_state:	return the internal state of an interrupt
  * @irq_set_irqchip_state:	set the internal state of a interrupt
+ * @irq_set_vcpu_affinity:	optional to target a vCPU in a virtual machine
  * @flags:		chip specific flags
  */
 struct irq_chip {
@@ -369,6 +370,8 @@ struct irq_chip {
 	int		(*irq_get_irqchip_state)(struct irq_data *data, enum irqchip_irq_state which, bool *state);
 	int		(*irq_set_irqchip_state)(struct irq_data *data, enum irqchip_irq_state which, bool state);
 
+	int		(*irq_set_vcpu_affinity)(struct irq_data *data, void *vcpu_info);
+
 	unsigned long	flags;
 };
 
@@ -422,6 +425,7 @@ extern void irq_cpu_online(void);
 extern void irq_cpu_offline(void);
 extern int irq_set_affinity_locked(struct irq_data *data,
 				   const struct cpumask *cpumask, bool force);
+extern int irq_set_vcpu_affinity(unsigned int irq, void *vcpu_info);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ)
 void irq_move_irq(struct irq_data *data);
@@ -469,6 +473,8 @@ extern int irq_chip_set_affinity_parent(struct irq_data *data,
 					const struct cpumask *dest,
 					bool force);
 extern int irq_chip_set_wake_parent(struct irq_data *data, unsigned int on);
+extern int irq_chip_set_vcpu_affinity_parent(struct irq_data *data,
+					     void *vcpu_info);
 #endif
 
 /* Handling of unhandled and spurious interrupts: */
diff --git a/kernel/irq/chip.c b/kernel/irq/chip.c
index 2456fe89719c..330fc797e632 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/chip.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/chip.c
@@ -977,6 +977,20 @@ int irq_chip_retrigger_hierarchy(struct irq_data *data)
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
+/**
+ * irq_chip_set_vcpu_affinity_parent - Set vcpu affinity on the parent interrupt
+ * @data:	Pointer to interrupt specific data
+ * @dest:	The vcpu affinity information
+ */
+int irq_chip_set_vcpu_affinity_parent(struct irq_data *data, void *vcpu_info)
+{
+	data = data->parent_data;
+	if (data->chip->irq_set_vcpu_affinity)
+		return data->chip->irq_set_vcpu_affinity(data, vcpu_info);
+
+	return -ENOSYS;
+}
+
 /**
  * irq_chip_set_wake_parent - Set/reset wake-up on the parent interrupt
  * @data:	Pointer to interrupt specific data
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index e68932bb308e..b1c7e8f46bfb 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -256,6 +256,37 @@ int irq_set_affinity_hint(unsigned int irq, const struct cpumask *m)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(irq_set_affinity_hint);
 
+/**
+ *	irq_set_vcpu_affinity - Set vcpu affinity for the interrupt
+ *	@irq: interrupt number to set affinity
+ *	@vcpu_info: vCPU specific data
+ *
+ *	This function uses the vCPU specific data to set the vCPU
+ *	affinity for an irq. The vCPU specific data is passed from
+ *	outside, such as KVM. One example code path is as below:
+ *	KVM -> IOMMU -> irq_set_vcpu_affinity().
+ */
+int irq_set_vcpu_affinity(unsigned int irq, void *vcpu_info)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	struct irq_desc *desc = irq_get_desc_lock(irq, &flags, 0);
+	struct irq_data *data;
+	struct irq_chip *chip;
+	int ret = -ENOSYS;
+
+	if (!desc)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	data = irq_desc_get_irq_data(desc);
+	chip = irq_data_get_irq_chip(data);
+	if (chip && chip->irq_set_vcpu_affinity)
+		ret = chip->irq_set_vcpu_affinity(data, vcpu_info);
+	irq_put_desc_unlock(desc, flags);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(irq_set_vcpu_affinity);
+
 static void irq_affinity_notify(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct irq_affinity_notify *notify =