diff --git a/drivers/vfio/Kconfig b/drivers/vfio/Kconfig
index 6bda6dbb4878..ceae52fd7586 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/vfio/Kconfig
@@ -80,6 +80,16 @@ config VFIO_VIRQFD
 	select EVENTFD
 	default n
 
+config VFIO_DEBUGFS
+	bool "Export VFIO internals in DebugFS"
+	depends on DEBUG_FS
+	help
+	  Allows exposure of VFIO device internals. This option enables
+	  the use of debugfs by VFIO drivers as required. The device can
+	  cause the VFIO code create a top-level debug/vfio directory
+	  during initialization, and then populate a subdirectory with
+	  entries as required.
+
 source "drivers/vfio/pci/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/vfio/platform/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/vfio/mdev/Kconfig"
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/Makefile b/drivers/vfio/Makefile
index c82ea032d352..d43a699d55b1 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/vfio/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ vfio-$(CONFIG_VFIO_GROUP) += group.o
 vfio-$(CONFIG_IOMMUFD) += iommufd.o
 vfio-$(CONFIG_VFIO_CONTAINER) += container.o
 vfio-$(CONFIG_VFIO_VIRQFD) += virqfd.o
+vfio-$(CONFIG_VFIO_DEBUGFS) += debugfs.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_VFIO_IOMMU_TYPE1) += vfio_iommu_type1.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_TCE) += vfio_iommu_spapr_tce.o
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/debugfs.c b/drivers/vfio/debugfs.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ae53d6110f47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/vfio/debugfs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023, HiSilicon Ltd.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/debugfs.h>
+#include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <linux/vfio.h>
+#include "vfio.h"
+
+static struct dentry *vfio_debugfs_root;
+
+static int vfio_device_state_read(struct seq_file *seq, void *data)
+{
+	struct device *vf_dev = seq->private;
+	struct vfio_device *vdev = container_of(vf_dev, struct vfio_device, device);
+	enum vfio_device_mig_state state;
+	int ret;
+
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(VFIO_DEVICE_STATE_NR !=
+		VFIO_DEVICE_STATE_PRE_COPY_P2P + 1);
+
+	ret = vdev->mig_ops->migration_get_state(vdev, &state);
+	if (ret)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	switch (state) {
+	case VFIO_DEVICE_STATE_ERROR:
+		seq_printf(seq, "%s\n", "ERROR");
+		break;
+	case VFIO_DEVICE_STATE_STOP:
+		seq_printf(seq, "%s\n", "STOP");
+		break;
+	case VFIO_DEVICE_STATE_RUNNING:
+		seq_printf(seq, "%s\n", "RUNNING");
+		break;
+	case VFIO_DEVICE_STATE_STOP_COPY:
+		seq_printf(seq, "%s\n", "STOP_COPY");
+		break;
+	case VFIO_DEVICE_STATE_RESUMING:
+		seq_printf(seq, "%s\n", "RESUMING");
+		break;
+	case VFIO_DEVICE_STATE_RUNNING_P2P:
+		seq_printf(seq, "%s\n", "RUNNING_P2P");
+		break;
+	case VFIO_DEVICE_STATE_PRE_COPY:
+		seq_printf(seq, "%s\n", "PRE_COPY");
+		break;
+	case VFIO_DEVICE_STATE_PRE_COPY_P2P:
+		seq_printf(seq, "%s\n", "PRE_COPY_P2P");
+		break;
+	default:
+		seq_printf(seq, "%s\n", "Invalid");
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void vfio_device_debugfs_init(struct vfio_device *vdev)
+{
+	struct device *dev = &vdev->device;
+
+	vdev->debug_root = debugfs_create_dir(dev_name(vdev->dev), vfio_debugfs_root);
+
+	if (vdev->mig_ops) {
+		struct dentry *vfio_dev_migration = NULL;
+
+		vfio_dev_migration = debugfs_create_dir("migration", vdev->debug_root);
+		debugfs_create_devm_seqfile(dev, "state", vfio_dev_migration,
+					  vfio_device_state_read);
+	}
+}
+
+void vfio_device_debugfs_exit(struct vfio_device *vdev)
+{
+	debugfs_remove_recursive(vdev->debug_root);
+}
+
+void vfio_debugfs_create_root(void)
+{
+	vfio_debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir("vfio", NULL);
+}
+
+void vfio_debugfs_remove_root(void)
+{
+	debugfs_remove_recursive(vfio_debugfs_root);
+	vfio_debugfs_root = NULL;
+}
+
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio.h b/drivers/vfio/vfio.h
index 307e3f29b527..bde84ad344e5 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/vfio.h
+++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio.h
@@ -448,4 +448,18 @@ static inline void vfio_device_put_kvm(struct vfio_device *device)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_VFIO_DEBUGFS
+void vfio_debugfs_create_root(void);
+void vfio_debugfs_remove_root(void);
+
+void vfio_device_debugfs_init(struct vfio_device *vdev);
+void vfio_device_debugfs_exit(struct vfio_device *vdev);
+#else
+static inline void vfio_debugfs_create_root(void) { }
+static inline void vfio_debugfs_remove_root(void) { }
+
+static inline void vfio_device_debugfs_init(struct vfio_device *vdev) { }
+static inline void vfio_device_debugfs_exit(struct vfio_device *vdev) { }
+#endif /* CONFIG_VFIO_DEBUGFS */
+
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c b/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c
index e31e1952d7b8..9aec4c22f051 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c
@@ -309,7 +309,6 @@ static int __vfio_register_dev(struct vfio_device *device,
 
 	/* Refcounting can't start until the driver calls register */
 	refcount_set(&device->refcount, 1);
-
 	vfio_device_group_register(device);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -320,7 +319,15 @@ static int __vfio_register_dev(struct vfio_device *device,
 
 int vfio_register_group_dev(struct vfio_device *device)
 {
-	return __vfio_register_dev(device, VFIO_IOMMU);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = __vfio_register_dev(device, VFIO_IOMMU);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	vfio_device_debugfs_init(device);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfio_register_group_dev);
 
@@ -378,6 +385,7 @@ void vfio_unregister_group_dev(struct vfio_device *device)
 		}
 	}
 
+	vfio_device_debugfs_exit(device);
 	/* Balances vfio_device_set_group in register path */
 	vfio_device_remove_group(device);
 }
@@ -1676,6 +1684,7 @@ static int __init vfio_init(void)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_alloc_dev_chrdev;
 
+	vfio_debugfs_create_root();
 	pr_info(DRIVER_DESC " version: " DRIVER_VERSION "\n");
 	return 0;
 
@@ -1691,6 +1700,7 @@ static int __init vfio_init(void)
 
 static void __exit vfio_cleanup(void)
 {
+	vfio_debugfs_remove_root();
 	ida_destroy(&vfio.device_ida);
 	vfio_cdev_cleanup();
 	class_destroy(vfio.device_class);
diff --git a/include/linux/vfio.h b/include/linux/vfio.h
index 454e9295970c..769d7af86225 100644
--- a/include/linux/vfio.h
+++ b/include/linux/vfio.h
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ struct vfio_device {
 	u8 iommufd_attached:1;
 #endif
 	u8 cdev_opened:1;
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
+	/*
+	 * debug_root is a static property of the vfio_device
+	 * which must be set prior to registering the vfio_device.
+	 */
+	struct dentry *debug_root;
+#endif
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h b/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
index 7f5fb010226d..2b68e6cdf190 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
@@ -1219,6 +1219,7 @@ enum vfio_device_mig_state {
 	VFIO_DEVICE_STATE_RUNNING_P2P = 5,
 	VFIO_DEVICE_STATE_PRE_COPY = 6,
 	VFIO_DEVICE_STATE_PRE_COPY_P2P = 7,
+	VFIO_DEVICE_STATE_NR,
 };
 
 /**
