diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c
index 1ea5254..2b75c00 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static int vdpa_name_match(struct device *dev, const void *data)
 	return (strcmp(dev_name(&vdev->dev), data) == 0);
 }
 
-static int __vdpa_register_device(struct vdpa_device *vdev, int nvqs)
+static int __vdpa_register_device(struct vdpa_device *vdev, u32 nvqs)
 {
 	struct device *dev;
 
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static int __vdpa_register_device(struct vdpa_device *vdev, int nvqs)
  *
  * Return: Returns an error when fail to add device to vDPA bus
  */
-int _vdpa_register_device(struct vdpa_device *vdev, int nvqs)
+int _vdpa_register_device(struct vdpa_device *vdev, u32 nvqs)
 {
 	if (!vdev->mdev)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ int _vdpa_register_device(struct vdpa_device *vdev, int nvqs)
  *
  * Return: Returns an error when fail to add to vDPA bus
  */
-int vdpa_register_device(struct vdpa_device *vdev, int nvqs)
+int vdpa_register_device(struct vdpa_device *vdev, u32 nvqs)
 {
 	int err;
 
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
index 605c7ae..69b3f05 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ struct vhost_vdpa {
 	struct device dev;
 	struct cdev cdev;
 	atomic_t opened;
-	int nvqs;
+	u32 nvqs;
 	int virtio_id;
 	int minor;
 	struct eventfd_ctx *config_ctx;
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ static long vhost_vdpa_set_status(struct vhost_vdpa *v, u8 __user *statusp)
 	struct vdpa_device *vdpa = v->vdpa;
 	const struct vdpa_config_ops *ops = vdpa->config;
 	u8 status, status_old;
-	int ret, nvqs = v->nvqs;
+	u32 nvqs = v->nvqs;
+	int ret;
 	u16 i;
 
 	if (copy_from_user(&status, statusp, sizeof(status)))
@@ -369,6 +370,16 @@ static long vhost_vdpa_get_config_size(struct vhost_vdpa *v, u32 __user *argp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static long vhost_vdpa_get_vqs_count(struct vhost_vdpa *v, u32 __user *argp)
+{
+	struct vdpa_device *vdpa = v->vdpa;
+
+	if (copy_to_user(argp, &vdpa->nvqs, sizeof(vdpa->nvqs)))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static long vhost_vdpa_vring_ioctl(struct vhost_vdpa *v, unsigned int cmd,
 				   void __user *argp)
 {
@@ -509,6 +520,9 @@ static long vhost_vdpa_unlocked_ioctl(struct file *filep,
 	case VHOST_VDPA_GET_CONFIG_SIZE:
 		r = vhost_vdpa_get_config_size(v, argp);
 		break;
+	case VHOST_VDPA_GET_VQS_COUNT:
+		r = vhost_vdpa_get_vqs_count(v, argp);
+		break;
 	default:
 		r = vhost_dev_ioctl(&v->vdev, cmd, argp);
 		if (r == -ENOIOCTLCMD)
@@ -965,7 +979,8 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filep)
 	struct vhost_vdpa *v;
 	struct vhost_dev *dev;
 	struct vhost_virtqueue **vqs;
-	int nvqs, i, r, opened;
+	int r, opened;
+	u32 i, nvqs;
 
 	v = container_of(inode->i_cdev, struct vhost_vdpa, cdev);
 
@@ -1018,7 +1033,7 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filep)
 
 static void vhost_vdpa_clean_irq(struct vhost_vdpa *v)
 {
-	int i;
+	u32 i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < v->nvqs; i++)
 		vhost_vdpa_unsetup_vq_irq(v, i);
diff --git a/include/linux/vdpa.h b/include/linux/vdpa.h
index a526919..8943a20 100644
--- a/include/linux/vdpa.h
+++ b/include/linux/vdpa.h
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ struct vdpa_device {
 	unsigned int index;
 	bool features_valid;
 	bool use_va;
-	int nvqs;
+	u32 nvqs;
 	struct vdpa_mgmt_dev *mdev;
 };
 
@@ -338,10 +338,10 @@ struct vdpa_device *__vdpa_alloc_device(struct device *parent,
 				       dev_struct, member)), name, use_va), \
 				       dev_struct, member)
 
-int vdpa_register_device(struct vdpa_device *vdev, int nvqs);
+int vdpa_register_device(struct vdpa_device *vdev, u32 nvqs);
 void vdpa_unregister_device(struct vdpa_device *vdev);
 
-int _vdpa_register_device(struct vdpa_device *vdev, int nvqs);
+int _vdpa_register_device(struct vdpa_device *vdev, u32 nvqs);
 void _vdpa_unregister_device(struct vdpa_device *vdev);
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
index bc74e95..5d99e7c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
@@ -154,4 +154,7 @@
 /* Get the config size */
 #define VHOST_VDPA_GET_CONFIG_SIZE	_IOR(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x79, __u32)
 
+/* Get the count of all virtqueues */
+#define VHOST_VDPA_GET_VQS_COUNT	_IOR(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x80, __u32)
+
 #endif
