diff --git a/docs/devel/multiple-iothreads.txt b/docs/devel/multiple-iothreads.txt
index 343120f2ef..a3e949f6b3 100644
--- a/docs/devel/multiple-iothreads.txt
+++ b/docs/devel/multiple-iothreads.txt
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ There are several old APIs that use the main loop AioContext:
  * LEGACY qemu_aio_set_event_notifier() - monitor an event notifier
  * LEGACY timer_new_ms() - create a timer
  * LEGACY qemu_bh_new() - create a BH
+ * LEGACY qemu_bh_new_guarded() - create a BH with a device re-entrancy guard
  * LEGACY qemu_aio_wait() - run an event loop iteration
 
 Since they implicitly work on the main loop they cannot be used in code that
@@ -72,8 +73,14 @@ Instead, use the AioContext functions directly (see include/block/aio.h):
  * aio_set_event_notifier() - monitor an event notifier
  * aio_timer_new() - create a timer
  * aio_bh_new() - create a BH
+ * aio_bh_new_guarded() - create a BH with a device re-entrancy guard
  * aio_poll() - run an event loop iteration
 
+The qemu_bh_new_guarded/aio_bh_new_guarded APIs accept a "MemReentrancyGuard"
+argument, which is used to check for and prevent re-entrancy problems. For
+BHs associated with devices, the reentrancy-guard is contained in the
+corresponding DeviceState and named "mem_reentrancy_guard".
+
 The AioContext can be obtained from the IOThread using
 iothread_get_aio_context() or for the main loop using qemu_get_aio_context().
 Code that takes an AioContext argument works both in IOThreads or the main
diff --git a/include/block/aio.h b/include/block/aio.h
index 543717f294..db6f23c619 100644
--- a/include/block/aio.h
+++ b/include/block/aio.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include "qemu/thread.h"
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
 #include "block/graph-lock.h"
+#include "hw/qdev-core.h"
+
 
 typedef struct BlockAIOCB BlockAIOCB;
 typedef void BlockCompletionFunc(void *opaque, int ret);
@@ -331,9 +333,11 @@ void aio_bh_schedule_oneshot_full(AioContext *ctx, QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque,
  * is opaque and must be allocated prior to its use.
  *
  * @name: A human-readable identifier for debugging purposes.
+ * @reentrancy_guard: A guard set when entering a cb to prevent
+ * device-reentrancy issues
  */
 QEMUBH *aio_bh_new_full(AioContext *ctx, QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque,
-                        const char *name);
+                        const char *name, MemReentrancyGuard *reentrancy_guard);
 
 /**
  * aio_bh_new: Allocate a new bottom half structure
@@ -342,7 +346,17 @@ QEMUBH *aio_bh_new_full(AioContext *ctx, QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque,
  * string.
  */
 #define aio_bh_new(ctx, cb, opaque) \
-    aio_bh_new_full((ctx), (cb), (opaque), (stringify(cb)))
+    aio_bh_new_full((ctx), (cb), (opaque), (stringify(cb)), NULL)
+
+/**
+ * aio_bh_new_guarded: Allocate a new bottom half structure with a
+ * reentrancy_guard
+ *
+ * A convenience wrapper for aio_bh_new_full() that uses the cb as the name
+ * string.
+ */
+#define aio_bh_new_guarded(ctx, cb, opaque, guard) \
+    aio_bh_new_full((ctx), (cb), (opaque), (stringify(cb)), guard)
 
 /**
  * aio_notify: Force processing of pending events.
diff --git a/include/qemu/main-loop.h b/include/qemu/main-loop.h
index b3e54e00bc..68e70e61aa 100644
--- a/include/qemu/main-loop.h
+++ b/include/qemu/main-loop.h
@@ -387,9 +387,12 @@ void qemu_cond_timedwait_iothread(QemuCond *cond, int ms);
 
 /* internal interfaces */
 
+#define qemu_bh_new_guarded(cb, opaque, guard) \
+    qemu_bh_new_full((cb), (opaque), (stringify(cb)), guard)
 #define qemu_bh_new(cb, opaque) \
-    qemu_bh_new_full((cb), (opaque), (stringify(cb)))
-QEMUBH *qemu_bh_new_full(QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque, const char *name);
+    qemu_bh_new_full((cb), (opaque), (stringify(cb)), NULL)
+QEMUBH *qemu_bh_new_full(QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque, const char *name,
+                         MemReentrancyGuard *reentrancy_guard);
 void qemu_bh_schedule_idle(QEMUBH *bh);
 
 enum {
diff --git a/tests/unit/ptimer-test-stubs.c b/tests/unit/ptimer-test-stubs.c
index f2bfcede93..8c9407c560 100644
--- a/tests/unit/ptimer-test-stubs.c
+++ b/tests/unit/ptimer-test-stubs.c
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ int64_t qemu_clock_deadline_ns_all(QEMUClockType type, int attr_mask)
     return deadline;
 }
 
-QEMUBH *qemu_bh_new_full(QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque, const char *name)
+QEMUBH *qemu_bh_new_full(QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque, const char *name,
+                         MemReentrancyGuard *reentrancy_guard)
 {
     QEMUBH *bh = g_new(QEMUBH, 1);
 
diff --git a/util/async.c b/util/async.c
index 21016a1ac7..a9b528c370 100644
--- a/util/async.c
+++ b/util/async.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ struct QEMUBH {
     void *opaque;
     QSLIST_ENTRY(QEMUBH) next;
     unsigned flags;
+    MemReentrancyGuard *reentrancy_guard;
 };
 
 /* Called concurrently from any thread */
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ void aio_bh_schedule_oneshot_full(AioContext *ctx, QEMUBHFunc *cb,
 }
 
 QEMUBH *aio_bh_new_full(AioContext *ctx, QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque,
-                        const char *name)
+                        const char *name, MemReentrancyGuard *reentrancy_guard)
 {
     QEMUBH *bh;
     bh = g_new(QEMUBH, 1);
@@ -146,13 +147,28 @@ QEMUBH *aio_bh_new_full(AioContext *ctx, QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque,
         .cb = cb,
         .opaque = opaque,
         .name = name,
+        .reentrancy_guard = reentrancy_guard,
     };
     return bh;
 }
 
 void aio_bh_call(QEMUBH *bh)
 {
+    bool last_engaged_in_io = false;
+
+    if (bh->reentrancy_guard) {
+        last_engaged_in_io = bh->reentrancy_guard->engaged_in_io;
+        if (bh->reentrancy_guard->engaged_in_io) {
+            trace_reentrant_aio(bh->ctx, bh->name);
+        }
+        bh->reentrancy_guard->engaged_in_io = true;
+    }
+
     bh->cb(bh->opaque);
+
+    if (bh->reentrancy_guard) {
+        bh->reentrancy_guard->engaged_in_io = last_engaged_in_io;
+    }
 }
 
 /* Multiple occurrences of aio_bh_poll cannot be called concurrently. */
diff --git a/util/main-loop.c b/util/main-loop.c
index e180c85145..4d76261010 100644
--- a/util/main-loop.c
+++ b/util/main-loop.c
@@ -605,9 +605,10 @@ void main_loop_wait(int nonblocking)
 
 /* Functions to operate on the main QEMU AioContext.  */
 
-QEMUBH *qemu_bh_new_full(QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque, const char *name)
+QEMUBH *qemu_bh_new_full(QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque, const char *name, MemReentrancyGuard *reentrancy_guard)
 {
-    return aio_bh_new_full(qemu_aio_context, cb, opaque, name);
+    return aio_bh_new_full(qemu_aio_context, cb, opaque, name,
+                           reentrancy_guard);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/util/trace-events b/util/trace-events
index 16f78d8fe5..3f7e766683 100644
--- a/util/trace-events
+++ b/util/trace-events
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ poll_remove(void *ctx, void *node, int fd) "ctx %p node %p fd %d"
 # async.c
 aio_co_schedule(void *ctx, void *co) "ctx %p co %p"
 aio_co_schedule_bh_cb(void *ctx, void *co) "ctx %p co %p"
+reentrant_aio(void *ctx, const char *name) "ctx %p name %s"
 
 # thread-pool.c
 thread_pool_submit(void *pool, void *req, void *opaque) "pool %p req %p opaque %p"
