diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.h b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.h
index 454968de925b..67f546ff092e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.h
@@ -1011,6 +1011,16 @@ struct ibmvfc_host {
 	wait_queue_head_t work_wait_q;
 };
 
+static inline struct ibmvfc_host *ibmvfc_channels_to_vhost(struct ibmvfc_channels *channels)
+{
+	if (channels->protocol == IBMVFC_PROTO_SCSI)
+		return container_of(channels, struct ibmvfc_host, scsi_scrqs);
+	else if (channels->protocol == IBMVFC_PROTO_NVME)
+		return container_of(channels, struct ibmvfc_host, nvme_scrqs);
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 #define DBG_CMD(CMD) do { if (ibmvfc_debug) CMD; } while (0)
 
 #define tgt_dbg(t, fmt, ...)			\