diff --git a/dma-helpers.c b/dma-helpers.c
index 272632f..f0c7866 100644
--- a/dma-helpers.c
+++ b/dma-helpers.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "qemu/range.h"
 #include "qemu/thread.h"
+#include "hw/misc/vfio.h"
 
 /* #define DEBUG_IOMMU */
 
@@ -386,6 +387,7 @@ void dma_context_init(DMAContext *dma, AddressSpace *as, DMATranslateFunc transl
     dma->translate = translate;
     dma->map = map;
     dma->unmap = unmap;
+    dma_context_init_vfio(dma);
 }
 
 void *iommu_dma_memory_map(DMAContext *dma, dma_addr_t addr, dma_addr_t *len,
diff --git a/hw/misc/vfio.c b/hw/misc/vfio.c
index f77a599..ab870a8 100644
--- a/hw/misc/vfio.c
+++ b/hw/misc/vfio.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "qemu/range.h"
 #include "sysemu/kvm.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "hw/misc/vfio.h"
 
 /* #define DEBUG_VFIO */
 #ifdef DEBUG_VFIO
@@ -179,9 +180,6 @@ typedef struct VFIOGroup {
 
 #define MSIX_CAP_LENGTH 12
 
-static QLIST_HEAD(, VFIOContainer)
-    container_list = QLIST_HEAD_INITIALIZER(container_list);
-
 static QLIST_HEAD(, VFIOGroup)
     group_list = QLIST_HEAD_INITIALIZER(group_list);
 
@@ -2613,6 +2611,11 @@ static int vfio_load_rom(VFIODevice *vdev)
     return 0;
 }
 
+void dma_context_init_vfio(DMAContext *dma)
+{
+    QLIST_INIT(&dma->vfio.containers);
+}
+
 static int vfio_connect_context(VFIOGroup *group, DMAContext *dma)
 {
     VFIOContainer *container;
@@ -2628,7 +2631,7 @@ static int vfio_connect_context(VFIOGroup *group, DMAContext *dma)
         }
     }
 
-    QLIST_FOREACH(container, &container_list, next) {
+    QLIST_FOREACH(container, &dma->vfio.containers, next) {
         if (!ioctl(group->fd, VFIO_GROUP_SET_CONTAINER, &container->fd)) {
             group->container = container;
             QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&container->group_list, group, container_next);
@@ -2683,7 +2686,7 @@ static int vfio_connect_context(VFIOGroup *group, DMAContext *dma)
     }
 
     QLIST_INIT(&container->group_list);
-    QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&container_list, container, next);
+    QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&dma->vfio.containers, container, next);
 
     group->container = container;
     QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&container->group_list, group, container_next);
diff --git a/include/hw/misc/vfio.h b/include/hw/misc/vfio.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18fe144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/hw/misc/vfio.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * vfio based device assignment
+ *
+ * Copyright 2013 David Gibson, IBM Corporation.
+ * Copyright Red Hat, Inc. 2012
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version
+ * 2. See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+#ifndef QEMU_VFIO_H
+#define QEMU_VFIO_H
+
+#include "qemu/queue.h"
+
+typedef struct DMAContext DMAContext;
+struct DMAContext;
+
+typedef struct VFIOContainer VFIOContainer;
+struct VFIOContainer;
+
+typedef struct DMAContextVFIO DMAContextVFIO;
+struct DMAContextVFIO {
+    QLIST_HEAD(, VFIOContainer) containers;
+};
+
+void dma_context_init_vfio(DMAContext *dma);
+
+#endif /* QEMU_VFIO_H */
diff --git a/include/sysemu/dma.h b/include/sysemu/dma.h
index a52c93a..8692d0a 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/dma.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/dma.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "hw/hw.h"
 #include "block/block.h"
 #include "sysemu/kvm.h"
+#include "hw/misc/vfio.h"
 
 typedef struct DMAContext DMAContext;
 typedef struct ScatterGatherEntry ScatterGatherEntry;
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ struct DMAContext {
     DMATranslateFunc *translate;
     DMAMapFunc *map;
     DMAUnmapFunc *unmap;
+    DMAContextVFIO vfio;
 };
 
 /* A global DMA context corresponding to the address_space_memory
diff --git a/stubs/Makefile.objs b/stubs/Makefile.objs
index 9c55b34..858ca6b 100644
--- a/stubs/Makefile.objs
+++ b/stubs/Makefile.objs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ stub-obj-y += reset.o
 stub-obj-y += set-fd-handler.o
 stub-obj-y += slirp.o
 stub-obj-y += sysbus.o
+stub-obj-y += vfio.o
 stub-obj-y += vm-stop.o
 stub-obj-y += vmstate.o
 stub-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += fd-register.o
diff --git a/stubs/vfio.c b/stubs/vfio.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fe4a84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/vfio.c
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include "hw/misc/vfio.h"
+#include "sysemu/dma.h"
+
+void dma_context_init_vfio(DMAContext *dma)
+{
+}
