diff --git a/hw/vfio/pci.c b/hw/vfio/pci.c
index 0d83eb0e47..bffd5bfe3b 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/pci.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/pci.c
@@ -2394,10 +2394,18 @@ static void vfio_pci_compute_needs_reset(VFIODevice *vbasedev)
     }
 }
 
+static Object *vfio_pci_get_object(VFIODevice *vbasedev)
+{
+    VFIOPCIDevice *vdev = container_of(vbasedev, VFIOPCIDevice, vbasedev);
+
+    return OBJECT(vdev);
+}
+
 static VFIODeviceOps vfio_pci_ops = {
     .vfio_compute_needs_reset = vfio_pci_compute_needs_reset,
     .vfio_hot_reset_multi = vfio_pci_hot_reset_multi,
     .vfio_eoi = vfio_intx_eoi,
+    .vfio_get_object = vfio_pci_get_object,
 };
 
 int vfio_populate_vga(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev, Error **errp)
diff --git a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
index dc95f527b5..fe99c36a69 100644
--- a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
+++ b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ struct VFIODeviceOps {
     void (*vfio_compute_needs_reset)(VFIODevice *vdev);
     int (*vfio_hot_reset_multi)(VFIODevice *vdev);
     void (*vfio_eoi)(VFIODevice *vdev);
+    Object *(*vfio_get_object)(VFIODevice *vdev);
 };
 
 typedef struct VFIOGroup {