diff --git a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
index bf12e40667..54905b9dd4 100644
--- a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
+++ b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ typedef struct VFIODeviceOps VFIODeviceOps;
 typedef struct VFIODevice {
     QLIST_ENTRY(VFIODevice) next;
     QLIST_ENTRY(VFIODevice) container_next;
+    QLIST_ENTRY(VFIODevice) global_next;
     struct VFIOGroup *group;
     VFIOContainer *container;
     char *sysfsdev;
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ int vfio_kvm_device_del_fd(int fd, Error **errp);
 
 extern const MemoryRegionOps vfio_region_ops;
 typedef QLIST_HEAD(VFIOGroupList, VFIOGroup) VFIOGroupList;
+typedef QLIST_HEAD(VFIODeviceList, VFIODevice) VFIODeviceList;
 extern VFIOGroupList vfio_group_list;
 
 bool vfio_mig_active(void);
diff --git a/hw/vfio/common.c b/hw/vfio/common.c
index 55f8a113ea..95bc50bcda 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/common.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/common.c
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 
 VFIOGroupList vfio_group_list =
     QLIST_HEAD_INITIALIZER(vfio_group_list);
+static VFIODeviceList vfio_device_list =
+    QLIST_HEAD_INITIALIZER(vfio_device_list);
 static QLIST_HEAD(, VFIOAddressSpace) vfio_address_spaces =
     QLIST_HEAD_INITIALIZER(vfio_address_spaces);
 
@@ -94,18 +96,15 @@ static int vfio_get_dirty_bitmap(VFIOContainer *container, uint64_t iova,
 
 bool vfio_mig_active(void)
 {
-    VFIOGroup *group;
     VFIODevice *vbasedev;
 
-    if (QLIST_EMPTY(&vfio_group_list)) {
+    if (QLIST_EMPTY(&vfio_device_list)) {
         return false;
     }
 
-    QLIST_FOREACH(group, &vfio_group_list, next) {
-        QLIST_FOREACH(vbasedev, &group->device_list, next) {
-            if (vbasedev->migration_blocker) {
-                return false;
-            }
+    QLIST_FOREACH(vbasedev, &vfio_device_list, next) {
+        if (vbasedev->migration_blocker) {
+            return false;
         }
     }
     return true;
@@ -120,19 +119,16 @@ static Error *multiple_devices_migration_blocker;
  */
 static bool vfio_multiple_devices_migration_is_supported(void)
 {
-    VFIOGroup *group;
     VFIODevice *vbasedev;
     unsigned int device_num = 0;
     bool all_support_p2p = true;
 
-    QLIST_FOREACH(group, &vfio_group_list, next) {
-        QLIST_FOREACH(vbasedev, &group->device_list, next) {
-            if (vbasedev->migration) {
-                device_num++;
+    QLIST_FOREACH(vbasedev, &vfio_device_list, next) {
+        if (vbasedev->migration) {
+            device_num++;
 
-                if (!(vbasedev->migration->mig_flags & VFIO_MIGRATION_P2P)) {
-                    all_support_p2p = false;
-                }
+            if (!(vbasedev->migration->mig_flags & VFIO_MIGRATION_P2P)) {
+                all_support_p2p = false;
             }
         }
     }
@@ -1777,22 +1773,17 @@ bool vfio_get_info_dma_avail(struct vfio_iommu_type1_info *info,
 
 void vfio_reset_handler(void *opaque)
 {
-    VFIOGroup *group;
     VFIODevice *vbasedev;
 
-    QLIST_FOREACH(group, &vfio_group_list, next) {
-        QLIST_FOREACH(vbasedev, &group->device_list, next) {
-            if (vbasedev->dev->realized) {
-                vbasedev->ops->vfio_compute_needs_reset(vbasedev);
-            }
+    QLIST_FOREACH(vbasedev, &vfio_device_list, next) {
+        if (vbasedev->dev->realized) {
+            vbasedev->ops->vfio_compute_needs_reset(vbasedev);
         }
     }
 
-    QLIST_FOREACH(group, &vfio_group_list, next) {
-        QLIST_FOREACH(vbasedev, &group->device_list, next) {
-            if (vbasedev->dev->realized && vbasedev->needs_reset) {
-                vbasedev->ops->vfio_hot_reset_multi(vbasedev);
-            }
+    QLIST_FOREACH(vbasedev, &vfio_device_list, next) {
+        if (vbasedev->dev->realized && vbasedev->needs_reset) {
+            vbasedev->ops->vfio_hot_reset_multi(vbasedev);
         }
     }
 }
@@ -2657,6 +2648,7 @@ int vfio_attach_device(char *name, VFIODevice *vbasedev,
     container = group->container;
     vbasedev->container = container;
     QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&container->device_list, vbasedev, container_next);
+    QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&vfio_device_list, vbasedev, global_next);
 
     return ret;
 }
@@ -2669,6 +2661,7 @@ void vfio_detach_device(VFIODevice *vbasedev)
         return;
     }
 
+    QLIST_REMOVE(vbasedev, global_next);
     QLIST_REMOVE(vbasedev, container_next);
     vbasedev->container = NULL;
     trace_vfio_detach_device(vbasedev->name, group->groupid);
