diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_drv.c b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_drv.c
index e9c226c0730e..5197a1fe14d4 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_drv.c
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ static int __init vfio_ap_init(void)
 	memset(&vfio_ap_drv, 0, sizeof(vfio_ap_drv));
 	vfio_ap_drv.probe = vfio_ap_queue_dev_probe;
 	vfio_ap_drv.remove = vfio_ap_queue_dev_remove;
+	vfio_ap_drv.in_use = vfio_ap_mdev_resource_in_use;
 	vfio_ap_drv.ids = ap_queue_ids;
 
 	ret = ap_driver_register(&vfio_ap_drv, THIS_MODULE, VFIO_AP_DRV_NAME);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c
index 00699bd72d2b..8ece0d52ff4c 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c
@@ -500,7 +500,9 @@ vfio_ap_mdev_verify_queues_reserved_for_apid(struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev,
  *
  * Returns 0 if the APQNs are not shared, otherwise; returns -EADDRINUSE.
  */
-static int vfio_ap_mdev_verify_no_sharing(struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev)
+static int vfio_ap_mdev_verify_no_sharing(struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev,
+					  unsigned long *mdev_apm,
+					  unsigned long *mdev_aqm)
 {
 	struct ap_matrix_mdev *lstdev;
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(apm, AP_DEVICES);
@@ -517,12 +519,10 @@ static int vfio_ap_mdev_verify_no_sharing(struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev)
 		 * We work on full longs, as we can only exclude the leftover
 		 * bits in non-inverse order. The leftover is all zeros.
 		 */
-		if (!bitmap_and(apm, matrix_mdev->matrix.apm,
-				lstdev->matrix.apm, AP_DEVICES))
+		if (!bitmap_and(apm, mdev_apm, lstdev->matrix.apm, AP_DEVICES))
 			continue;
 
-		if (!bitmap_and(aqm, matrix_mdev->matrix.aqm,
-				lstdev->matrix.aqm, AP_DOMAINS))
+		if (!bitmap_and(aqm, mdev_aqm, lstdev->matrix.aqm, AP_DOMAINS))
 			continue;
 
 		return -EADDRINUSE;
@@ -594,6 +594,7 @@ static ssize_t assign_adapter_store(struct device *dev,
 {
 	int ret;
 	unsigned long apid;
+	DECLARE_BITMAP(apm, AP_DEVICES);
 	struct mdev_device *mdev = mdev_from_dev(dev);
 	struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev = mdev_get_drvdata(mdev);
 
@@ -619,18 +620,18 @@ static ssize_t assign_adapter_store(struct device *dev,
 	if (ret)
 		goto done;
 
-	set_bit_inv(apid, matrix_mdev->matrix.apm);
+	memset(apm, 0, sizeof(apm));
+	set_bit_inv(apid, apm);
 
-	ret = vfio_ap_mdev_verify_no_sharing(matrix_mdev);
+	ret = vfio_ap_mdev_verify_no_sharing(matrix_mdev, apm,
+					     matrix_mdev->matrix.aqm);
 	if (ret)
-		goto share_err;
+		goto done;
 
+	set_bit_inv(apid, matrix_mdev->matrix.apm);
 	vfio_ap_mdev_qlinks_for_apid(matrix_mdev, apid);
 	ret = count;
-	goto done;
 
-share_err:
-	clear_bit_inv(apid, matrix_mdev->matrix.apm);
 done:
 	mutex_unlock(&matrix_dev->lock);
 
@@ -767,6 +768,7 @@ static ssize_t assign_domain_store(struct device *dev,
 {
 	int ret;
 	unsigned long apqi;
+	DECLARE_BITMAP(aqm, AP_DOMAINS);
 	struct mdev_device *mdev = mdev_from_dev(dev);
 	struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev = mdev_get_drvdata(mdev);
 	unsigned long max_apqi = matrix_mdev->matrix.aqm_max;
@@ -787,18 +789,18 @@ static ssize_t assign_domain_store(struct device *dev,
 	if (ret)
 		goto done;
 
-	set_bit_inv(apqi, matrix_mdev->matrix.aqm);
+	memset(aqm, 0, sizeof(aqm));
+	set_bit_inv(apqi, aqm);
 
-	ret = vfio_ap_mdev_verify_no_sharing(matrix_mdev);
+	ret = vfio_ap_mdev_verify_no_sharing(matrix_mdev,
+					     matrix_mdev->matrix.apm, aqm);
 	if (ret)
-		goto share_err;
+		goto done;
 
+	set_bit_inv(apqi, matrix_mdev->matrix.aqm);
 	vfio_ap_mdev_qlinks_for_apqi(matrix_mdev, apqi);
 	ret = count;
-	goto done;
 
-share_err:
-	clear_bit_inv(apqi, matrix_mdev->matrix.aqm);
 done:
 	mutex_unlock(&matrix_dev->lock);
 
@@ -1369,3 +1371,14 @@ void vfio_ap_mdev_remove_queue(struct ap_queue *queue)
 	kfree(q);
 	mutex_unlock(&matrix_dev->lock);
 }
+
+bool vfio_ap_mdev_resource_in_use(unsigned long *apm, unsigned long *aqm)
+{
+	bool in_use;
+
+	mutex_lock(&matrix_dev->lock);
+	in_use = vfio_ap_mdev_verify_no_sharing(NULL, apm, aqm) ? true : false;
+	mutex_unlock(&matrix_dev->lock);
+
+	return in_use;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_private.h b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_private.h
index e1f8c82cc55d..4b6e144bab17 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_private.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_private.h
@@ -105,4 +105,6 @@ struct vfio_ap_queue {
 int vfio_ap_mdev_probe_queue(struct ap_queue *queue);
 void vfio_ap_mdev_remove_queue(struct ap_queue *queue);
 
+bool vfio_ap_mdev_resource_in_use(unsigned long *apm, unsigned long *aqm);
+
 #endif /* _VFIO_AP_PRIVATE_H_ */
