diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 5706a2108f0a..c923350ca20a 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -460,6 +460,17 @@ static inline struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_get_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, int i)
 	     (vcpup = kvm_get_vcpu(kvm, idx)) != NULL; \
 	     idx++)
 
+static inline struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_get_vcpu_by_id(struct kvm *kvm, int id)
+{
+	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
+	int i;
+
+	kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm)
+		if (vcpu->vcpu_id == id)
+			return vcpu;
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 #define kvm_for_each_memslot(memslot, slots)	\
 	for (memslot = &slots->memslots[0];	\
 	      memslot < slots->memslots + KVM_MEM_SLOTS_NUM && memslot->npages;\