1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/qdev-monitor.c b/qdev-monitor.c
index bc0213f5e3..4f78ecb091 100644
--- a/qdev-monitor.c
+++ b/qdev-monitor.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "qemu/config-file.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qemu/help_option.h"
+#include "sysemu/block-backend.h"
 
 /*
  * Aliases were a bad idea from the start.  Let's keep them
@@ -838,6 +839,23 @@ void qmp_device_del(const char *id, Error **errp)
     }
 }
 
+BlockBackend *blk_by_qdev_id(const char *id, Error **errp)
+{
+    DeviceState *dev;
+    BlockBackend *blk;
+
+    dev = find_device_state(id, errp);
+    if (dev == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    blk = blk_by_dev(dev);
+    if (!blk) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Device does not have a block device backend");
+    }
+    return blk;
+}
+
 void qdev_machine_init(void)
 {
     qdev_get_peripheral_anon();