diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c
index 42d71d60d5dc701b07aa46e453af786810c4b363..5134c83c4a22db0177f948b933973d13d0f4e97c 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c
@@ -21,6 +21,25 @@ static LIST_HEAD(mdev_head);
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(vdpa_dev_mutex);
 static DEFINE_IDA(vdpa_index_ida);
 
+u8 vdpa_get_status(struct vdpa_device *vdev)
+{
+	u8 status;
+
+	mutex_lock(&vdev->cf_mutex);
+	status = vdev->config->get_status(vdev);
+	mutex_unlock(&vdev->cf_mutex);
+	return status;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(vdpa_get_status);
+
+void vdpa_set_status(struct vdpa_device *vdev, u8 status)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&vdev->cf_mutex);
+	vdev->config->set_status(vdev, status);
+	mutex_unlock(&vdev->cf_mutex);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(vdpa_set_status);
+
 static struct genl_family vdpa_nl_family;
 
 static int vdpa_dev_probe(struct device *d)
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
index a8fa7fc6db1e59415635d2a056eb9f822cdab6f0..293c51fdf9ab3c5b6b2f541ffcdff40af4f55156 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
@@ -142,10 +142,9 @@ static long vhost_vdpa_get_device_id(struct vhost_vdpa *v, u8 __user *argp)
 static long vhost_vdpa_get_status(struct vhost_vdpa *v, u8 __user *statusp)
 {
 	struct vdpa_device *vdpa = v->vdpa;
-	const struct vdpa_config_ops *ops = vdpa->config;
 	u8 status;
 
-	status = ops->get_status(vdpa);
+	status = vdpa_get_status(vdpa);
 
 	if (copy_to_user(statusp, &status, sizeof(status)))
 		return -EFAULT;
@@ -164,7 +163,7 @@ static long vhost_vdpa_set_status(struct vhost_vdpa *v, u8 __user *statusp)
 	if (copy_from_user(&status, statusp, sizeof(status)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	status_old = ops->get_status(vdpa);
+	status_old = vdpa_get_status(vdpa);
 
 	/*
 	 * Userspace shouldn't remove status bits unless reset the
@@ -182,7 +181,7 @@ static long vhost_vdpa_set_status(struct vhost_vdpa *v, u8 __user *statusp)
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 	} else
-		ops->set_status(vdpa, status);
+		vdpa_set_status(vdpa, status);
 
 	if ((status & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER_OK) && !(status_old & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER_OK))
 		for (i = 0; i < nvqs; i++)
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_vdpa.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_vdpa.c
index a84b04ba3195b3a8242a4dccc9682a7f7a3545f3..76504559bc25f9c8d3fd73f35a23c99c1fca5983 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_vdpa.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_vdpa.c
@@ -91,9 +91,8 @@ static u8 virtio_vdpa_get_status(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 static void virtio_vdpa_set_status(struct virtio_device *vdev, u8 status)
 {
 	struct vdpa_device *vdpa = vd_get_vdpa(vdev);
-	const struct vdpa_config_ops *ops = vdpa->config;
 
-	return ops->set_status(vdpa, status);
+	return vdpa_set_status(vdpa, status);
 }
 
 static void virtio_vdpa_reset(struct virtio_device *vdev)
diff --git a/include/linux/vdpa.h b/include/linux/vdpa.h
index 9cc4291a79b350c3c79596c79ced09516b478dc3..ae047fae2603526396914af9efe474dd254fa11e 100644
--- a/include/linux/vdpa.h
+++ b/include/linux/vdpa.h
@@ -408,6 +408,9 @@ void vdpa_get_config(struct vdpa_device *vdev, unsigned int offset,
 		     void *buf, unsigned int len);
 void vdpa_set_config(struct vdpa_device *dev, unsigned int offset,
 		     const void *buf, unsigned int length);
+u8 vdpa_get_status(struct vdpa_device *vdev);
+void vdpa_set_status(struct vdpa_device *vdev, u8 status);
+
 /**
  * struct vdpa_mgmtdev_ops - vdpa device ops
  * @dev_add: Add a vdpa device using alloc and register