diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c
index 96060920a6fe..0a7d084da1a2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c
@@ -1012,6 +1012,8 @@ static long intel_vgpu_ioctl(struct mdev_device *mdev, unsigned int cmd,
 			if (!sparse)
 				return -ENOMEM;
 
+			sparse->header.id = VFIO_REGION_INFO_CAP_SPARSE_MMAP;
+			sparse->header.version = 1;
 			sparse->nr_areas = nr_areas;
 			cap_type_id = VFIO_REGION_INFO_CAP_SPARSE_MMAP;
 			sparse->areas[0].offset =
@@ -1033,7 +1035,9 @@ static long intel_vgpu_ioctl(struct mdev_device *mdev, unsigned int cmd,
 			break;
 		default:
 			{
-				struct vfio_region_info_cap_type cap_type;
+				struct vfio_region_info_cap_type cap_type = {
+					.header.id = VFIO_REGION_INFO_CAP_TYPE,
+					.header.version = 1 };
 
 				if (info.index >= VFIO_PCI_NUM_REGIONS +
 						vgpu->vdev.num_regions)
@@ -1050,8 +1054,8 @@ static long intel_vgpu_ioctl(struct mdev_device *mdev, unsigned int cmd,
 				cap_type.subtype = vgpu->vdev.region[i].subtype;
 
 				ret = vfio_info_add_capability(&caps,
-						VFIO_REGION_INFO_CAP_TYPE,
-						&cap_type);
+							&cap_type.header,
+							sizeof(cap_type));
 				if (ret)
 					return ret;
 			}
@@ -1061,8 +1065,9 @@ static long intel_vgpu_ioctl(struct mdev_device *mdev, unsigned int cmd,
 			switch (cap_type_id) {
 			case VFIO_REGION_INFO_CAP_SPARSE_MMAP:
 				ret = vfio_info_add_capability(&caps,
-					VFIO_REGION_INFO_CAP_SPARSE_MMAP,
-					sparse);
+					&sparse->header, sizeof(*sparse) +
+					(sparse->nr_areas *
+						sizeof(*sparse->areas)));
 				kfree(sparse);
 				if (ret)
 					return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c
index a98681dca1d3..de48acd29a84 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c
@@ -585,6 +585,8 @@ static int msix_sparse_mmap_cap(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev,
 	if (!sparse)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	sparse->header.id = VFIO_REGION_INFO_CAP_SPARSE_MMAP;
+	sparse->header.version = 1;
 	sparse->nr_areas = nr_areas;
 
 	if (vdev->msix_offset & PAGE_MASK) {
@@ -600,8 +602,7 @@ static int msix_sparse_mmap_cap(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev,
 		i++;
 	}
 
-	ret = vfio_info_add_capability(caps, VFIO_REGION_INFO_CAP_SPARSE_MMAP,
-				       sparse);
+	ret = vfio_info_add_capability(caps, &sparse->header, size);
 	kfree(sparse);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -744,7 +745,9 @@ static long vfio_pci_ioctl(void *device_data,
 			break;
 		default:
 		{
-			struct vfio_region_info_cap_type cap_type;
+			struct vfio_region_info_cap_type cap_type = {
+					.header.id = VFIO_REGION_INFO_CAP_TYPE,
+					.header.version = 1 };
 
 			if (info.index >=
 			    VFIO_PCI_NUM_REGIONS + vdev->num_regions)
@@ -759,9 +762,8 @@ static long vfio_pci_ioctl(void *device_data,
 			cap_type.type = vdev->region[i].type;
 			cap_type.subtype = vdev->region[i].subtype;
 
-			ret = vfio_info_add_capability(&caps,
-						      VFIO_REGION_INFO_CAP_TYPE,
-						      &cap_type);
+			ret = vfio_info_add_capability(&caps, &cap_type.header,
+						       sizeof(cap_type));
 			if (ret)
 				return ret;
 
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio.c b/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
index 2bc3705a99bd..721f97f8dac1 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
@@ -1857,63 +1857,19 @@ void vfio_info_cap_shift(struct vfio_info_cap *caps, size_t offset)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfio_info_cap_shift);
 
-static int sparse_mmap_cap(struct vfio_info_cap *caps, void *cap_type)
+int vfio_info_add_capability(struct vfio_info_cap *caps,
+			     struct vfio_info_cap_header *cap, size_t size)
 {
 	struct vfio_info_cap_header *header;
-	struct vfio_region_info_cap_sparse_mmap *sparse_cap, *sparse = cap_type;
-	size_t size;
 
-	size = sizeof(*sparse) + sparse->nr_areas *  sizeof(*sparse->areas);
-	header = vfio_info_cap_add(caps, size,
-				   VFIO_REGION_INFO_CAP_SPARSE_MMAP, 1);
+	header = vfio_info_cap_add(caps, size, cap->id, cap->version);
 	if (IS_ERR(header))
 		return PTR_ERR(header);
 
-	sparse_cap = container_of(header,
-			struct vfio_region_info_cap_sparse_mmap, header);
-	sparse_cap->nr_areas = sparse->nr_areas;
-	memcpy(sparse_cap->areas, sparse->areas,
-	       sparse->nr_areas * sizeof(*sparse->areas));
+	memcpy(header + 1, cap + 1, size - sizeof(*header));
+
 	return 0;
 }
-
-static int region_type_cap(struct vfio_info_cap *caps, void *cap_type)
-{
-	struct vfio_info_cap_header *header;
-	struct vfio_region_info_cap_type *type_cap, *cap = cap_type;
-
-	header = vfio_info_cap_add(caps, sizeof(*cap),
-				   VFIO_REGION_INFO_CAP_TYPE, 1);
-	if (IS_ERR(header))
-		return PTR_ERR(header);
-
-	type_cap = container_of(header, struct vfio_region_info_cap_type,
-				header);
-	type_cap->type = cap->type;
-	type_cap->subtype = cap->subtype;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int vfio_info_add_capability(struct vfio_info_cap *caps, int cap_type_id,
-			     void *cap_type)
-{
-	int ret = -EINVAL;
-
-	if (!cap_type)
-		return 0;
-
-	switch (cap_type_id) {
-	case VFIO_REGION_INFO_CAP_SPARSE_MMAP:
-		ret = sparse_mmap_cap(caps, cap_type);
-		break;
-
-	case VFIO_REGION_INFO_CAP_TYPE:
-		ret = region_type_cap(caps, cap_type);
-		break;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfio_info_add_capability);
 
 int vfio_set_irqs_validate_and_prepare(struct vfio_irq_set *hdr, int num_irqs,
diff --git a/include/linux/vfio.h b/include/linux/vfio.h
index a47b985341d1..66741ab087c1 100644
--- a/include/linux/vfio.h
+++ b/include/linux/vfio.h
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ extern struct vfio_info_cap_header *vfio_info_cap_add(
 extern void vfio_info_cap_shift(struct vfio_info_cap *caps, size_t offset);
 
 extern int vfio_info_add_capability(struct vfio_info_cap *caps,
-				    int cap_type_id, void *cap_type);
+				    struct vfio_info_cap_header *cap,
+				    size_t size);
 
 extern int vfio_set_irqs_validate_and_prepare(struct vfio_irq_set *hdr,
 					      int num_irqs, int max_irq_type,