diff --git a/drivers/vfio/device_cdev.c b/drivers/vfio/device_cdev.c
index 3f14edb80a93..6d7f50ee535d 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/device_cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/device_cdev.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ long vfio_device_ioctl_bind_iommufd(struct vfio_device_file *df,
 	if (df->group)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (vfio_device_is_noiommu(device) && !capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
+	if (device->noiommu && !capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	ret = vfio_device_block_group(device);
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ long vfio_device_ioctl_bind_iommufd(struct vfio_device_file *df,
 	device->cdev_opened = true;
 	mutex_unlock(&device->dev_set->lock);
 
-	if (vfio_device_is_noiommu(device))
+	if (device->noiommu)
 		dev_warn(device->dev, "noiommu device is bound to iommufd by user "
 			 "(%s:%d)\n", current->comm, task_pid_nr(current));
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/group.c b/drivers/vfio/group.c
index 7aacbd9d08c9..bf4335bce892 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/group.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/group.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ static int vfio_device_group_open(struct vfio_device_file *df)
 		vfio_device_group_get_kvm_safe(device);
 
 	df->iommufd = device->group->iommufd;
-	if (df->iommufd && vfio_device_is_noiommu(device) && device->open_count == 0) {
+	if (df->iommufd && device->noiommu && device->open_count == 0) {
 		ret = vfio_iommufd_compat_probe_noiommu(device,
 							df->iommufd);
 		if (ret)
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/iommufd.c b/drivers/vfio/iommufd.c
index 799ea322a7d4..dfe706f1e952 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/iommufd.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/iommufd.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ int vfio_iommufd_bind(struct vfio_device_file *df)
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&vdev->dev_set->lock);
 
-	if (vfio_device_is_noiommu(vdev))
+	if (vdev->noiommu)
 		return vfio_iommufd_noiommu_bind(vdev, ictx, &df->devid);
 
 	return vdev->ops->bind_iommufd(vdev, ictx, &df->devid);
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ int vfio_iommufd_compat_attach_ioas(struct vfio_device *vdev,
 	lockdep_assert_held(&vdev->dev_set->lock);
 
 	/* compat noiommu does not need to do ioas attach */
-	if (vfio_device_is_noiommu(vdev))
+	if (vdev->noiommu)
 		return 0;
 
 	ret = iommufd_vfio_compat_ioas_get_id(ictx, &ioas_id);
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ void vfio_iommufd_unbind(struct vfio_device_file *df)
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&vdev->dev_set->lock);
 
-	if (vfio_device_is_noiommu(vdev)) {
+	if (vdev->noiommu) {
 		vfio_iommufd_noiommu_unbind(vdev);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ int vfio_iommufd_attach(struct vfio_device *vdev, u32 *pt_id)
 {
 	lockdep_assert_held(&vdev->dev_set->lock);
 
-	if (vfio_device_is_noiommu(vdev))
+	if (vdev->noiommu)
 		return 0;
 
 	return vdev->ops->attach_ioas(vdev, pt_id);
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ void vfio_iommufd_detach(struct vfio_device *vdev)
 {
 	lockdep_assert_held(&vdev->dev_set->lock);
 
-	if (!vfio_device_is_noiommu(vdev))
+	if (!vdev->noiommu)
 		vdev->ops->detach_ioas(vdev);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio.h b/drivers/vfio/vfio.h
index 50553f67600f..c8579d63b2b9 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/vfio.h
+++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio.h
@@ -106,10 +106,11 @@ bool vfio_device_has_container(struct vfio_device *device);
 int __init vfio_group_init(void);
 void vfio_group_cleanup(void);
 
-static inline bool vfio_device_is_noiommu(struct vfio_device *vdev)
+static inline int vfio_device_set_noiommu(struct vfio_device *device)
 {
-	return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VFIO_NOIOMMU) &&
-	       vdev->group->type == VFIO_NO_IOMMU;
+	device->noiommu = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VFIO_NOIOMMU) &&
+			  device->group->type == VFIO_NO_IOMMU;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VFIO_CONTAINER)
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c b/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c
index 8c3f26b4929b..8979f320d620 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c
@@ -289,8 +289,12 @@ static int __vfio_register_dev(struct vfio_device *device,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	ret = vfio_device_set_noiommu(device);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_out;
+
 	ret = dev_set_name(&device->device, "%svfio%d",
-			   vfio_device_is_noiommu(device) ? "noiommu-" : "", device->index);
+			   device->noiommu ? "noiommu-" : "", device->index);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_out;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/vfio.h b/include/linux/vfio.h
index cf9d082a623c..fa13889e763f 100644
--- a/include/linux/vfio.h
+++ b/include/linux/vfio.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ struct vfio_device {
 	bool iommufd_attached;
 #endif
 	bool cdev_opened:1;
+	bool noiommu:1;
 };
 
 /**
