diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_iommu.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_iommu.c
index 5ccd785d5a..aaa6010d5c 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_iommu.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_iommu.c
@@ -160,6 +160,19 @@ static uint64_t spapr_tce_get_min_page_size(IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu)
     return 1ULL << tcet->page_shift;
 }
 
+static int spapr_tce_get_attr(IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu,
+                              enum IOMMUMemoryRegionAttr attr, void *data)
+{
+    sPAPRTCETable *tcet = container_of(iommu, sPAPRTCETable, iommu);
+
+    if (attr == IOMMU_ATTR_SPAPR_TCE_FD && kvmppc_has_cap_spapr_vfio()) {
+        *(int *) data = tcet->fd;
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    return -EINVAL;
+}
+
 static void spapr_tce_notify_flag_changed(IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu,
                                           IOMMUNotifierFlag old,
                                           IOMMUNotifierFlag new)
@@ -284,6 +297,10 @@ void spapr_tce_set_need_vfio(sPAPRTCETable *tcet, bool need_vfio)
 
     tcet->need_vfio = need_vfio;
 
+    if (!need_vfio || (tcet->fd != -1 && kvmppc_has_cap_spapr_vfio())) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     oldtable = tcet->table;
 
     tcet->table = spapr_tce_alloc_table(tcet->liobn,
@@ -643,6 +660,7 @@ static void spapr_iommu_memory_region_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
     imrc->translate = spapr_tce_translate_iommu;
     imrc->get_min_page_size = spapr_tce_get_min_page_size;
     imrc->notify_flag_changed = spapr_tce_notify_flag_changed;
+    imrc->get_attr = spapr_tce_get_attr;
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo spapr_iommu_memory_region_info = {
diff --git a/target/ppc/kvm.c b/target/ppc/kvm.c
index 84284d5957..9842b3bb12 100644
--- a/target/ppc/kvm.c
+++ b/target/ppc/kvm.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ int kvm_arch_init(MachineState *ms, KVMState *s)
     cap_spapr_tce = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_SPAPR_TCE);
     cap_spapr_tce_64 = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_SPAPR_TCE_64);
     cap_spapr_multitce = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_SPAPR_MULTITCE);
-    cap_spapr_vfio = false;
+    cap_spapr_vfio = kvm_vm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_SPAPR_TCE_VFIO);
     cap_one_reg = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_ONE_REG);
     cap_hior = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_PPC_HIOR);
     cap_epr = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_PPC_EPR);
@@ -2514,6 +2514,11 @@ int kvmppc_get_cap_safe_indirect_branch(void)
     return cap_ppc_safe_indirect_branch;
 }
 
+bool kvmppc_has_cap_spapr_vfio(void)
+{
+    return cap_spapr_vfio;
+}
+
 PowerPCCPUClass *kvm_ppc_get_host_cpu_class(void)
 {
     uint32_t host_pvr = mfpvr();
diff --git a/target/ppc/kvm_ppc.h b/target/ppc/kvm_ppc.h
index 39830baa77..4d2789eef6 100644
--- a/target/ppc/kvm_ppc.h
+++ b/target/ppc/kvm_ppc.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ void *kvmppc_create_spapr_tce(uint32_t liobn, uint32_t page_shift,
 int kvmppc_remove_spapr_tce(void *table, int pfd, uint32_t window_size);
 int kvmppc_reset_htab(int shift_hint);
 uint64_t kvmppc_rma_size(uint64_t current_size, unsigned int hash_shift);
+bool kvmppc_has_cap_spapr_vfio(void);
 #endif /* !CONFIG_USER_ONLY */
 bool kvmppc_has_cap_epr(void);
 int kvmppc_define_rtas_kernel_token(uint32_t token, const char *function);
@@ -232,6 +233,11 @@ static inline bool kvmppc_is_mem_backend_page_size_ok(const char *obj_path)
     return true;
 }
 
+static inline bool kvmppc_has_cap_spapr_vfio(void)
+{
+    return false;
+}
+
 #endif /* !CONFIG_USER_ONLY */
 
 static inline bool kvmppc_has_cap_epr(void)