diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
index 0c17398141..3c08a894fb 100644
--- a/hw/core/machine.c
+++ b/hw/core/machine.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ GlobalProperty hw_compat_5_2[] = {
     { "PIIX4_PM", "smm-compat", "on"},
     { "virtio-blk-device", "report-discard-granularity", "off" },
     { "virtio-net-pci-base", "vectors", "3"},
+    { "nvme", "msix-exclusive-bar", "on"},
 };
 const size_t hw_compat_5_2_len = G_N_ELEMENTS(hw_compat_5_2);
 
diff --git a/hw/nvme/ctrl.c b/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
index 74da28a35a..585bd3b397 100644
--- a/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
+++ b/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
@@ -7798,6 +7798,11 @@ static bool nvme_check_params(NvmeCtrl *n, Error **errp)
     }
 
     if (n->pmr.dev) {
+        if (params->msix_exclusive_bar) {
+            error_setg(errp, "not enough BARs available to enable PMR");
+            return false;
+        }
+
         if (host_memory_backend_is_mapped(n->pmr.dev)) {
             error_setg(errp, "can't use already busy memdev: %s",
                        object_get_canonical_path_component(OBJECT(n->pmr.dev)));
@@ -8101,24 +8106,38 @@ static bool nvme_init_pci(NvmeCtrl *n, PCIDevice *pci_dev, Error **errp)
         pcie_ari_init(pci_dev, 0x100);
     }
 
-    /* add one to max_ioqpairs to account for the admin queue pair */
-    bar_size = nvme_mbar_size(n->params.max_ioqpairs + 1, n->params.msix_qsize,
-                              &msix_table_offset, &msix_pba_offset);
+    if (n->params.msix_exclusive_bar && !pci_is_vf(pci_dev)) {
+        bar_size = nvme_mbar_size(n->params.max_ioqpairs + 1, 0, NULL, NULL);
+        memory_region_init_io(&n->iomem, OBJECT(n), &nvme_mmio_ops, n, "nvme",
+                              bar_size);
+        pci_register_bar(pci_dev, 0, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_SPACE_MEMORY |
+                         PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_MEM_TYPE_64, &n->iomem);
+        ret = msix_init_exclusive_bar(pci_dev, n->params.msix_qsize, 4, errp);
+    } else {
+        assert(n->params.msix_qsize >= 1);
 
-    memory_region_init(&n->bar0, OBJECT(n), "nvme-bar0", bar_size);
-    memory_region_init_io(&n->iomem, OBJECT(n), &nvme_mmio_ops, n, "nvme",
-                          msix_table_offset);
-    memory_region_add_subregion(&n->bar0, 0, &n->iomem);
+        /* add one to max_ioqpairs to account for the admin queue pair */
+        bar_size = nvme_mbar_size(n->params.max_ioqpairs + 1,
+                                  n->params.msix_qsize, &msix_table_offset,
+                                  &msix_pba_offset);
 
-    if (pci_is_vf(pci_dev)) {
-        pcie_sriov_vf_register_bar(pci_dev, 0, &n->bar0);
-    } else {
-        pci_register_bar(pci_dev, 0, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_SPACE_MEMORY |
-                         PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_MEM_TYPE_64, &n->bar0);
+        memory_region_init(&n->bar0, OBJECT(n), "nvme-bar0", bar_size);
+        memory_region_init_io(&n->iomem, OBJECT(n), &nvme_mmio_ops, n, "nvme",
+                              msix_table_offset);
+        memory_region_add_subregion(&n->bar0, 0, &n->iomem);
+
+        if (pci_is_vf(pci_dev)) {
+            pcie_sriov_vf_register_bar(pci_dev, 0, &n->bar0);
+        } else {
+            pci_register_bar(pci_dev, 0, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_SPACE_MEMORY |
+                             PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_MEM_TYPE_64, &n->bar0);
+        }
+
+        ret = msix_init(pci_dev, n->params.msix_qsize,
+                        &n->bar0, 0, msix_table_offset,
+                        &n->bar0, 0, msix_pba_offset, 0, errp);
     }
-    ret = msix_init(pci_dev, n->params.msix_qsize,
-                    &n->bar0, 0, msix_table_offset,
-                    &n->bar0, 0, msix_pba_offset, 0, errp);
+
     if (ret == -ENOTSUP) {
         /* report that msix is not supported, but do not error out */
         warn_report_err(*errp);
@@ -8422,6 +8441,8 @@ static Property nvme_props[] = {
                       params.sriov_max_vi_per_vf, 0),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("sriov_max_vq_per_vf", NvmeCtrl,
                       params.sriov_max_vq_per_vf, 0),
+    DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("msix-exclusive-bar", NvmeCtrl, params.msix_exclusive_bar,
+                     false),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/hw/nvme/nvme.h b/hw/nvme/nvme.h
index 5f2ae7b28b..eccf14acc9 100644
--- a/hw/nvme/nvme.h
+++ b/hw/nvme/nvme.h
@@ -522,6 +522,7 @@ typedef struct NvmeParams {
     uint16_t sriov_vi_flexible;
     uint8_t  sriov_max_vq_per_vf;
     uint8_t  sriov_max_vi_per_vf;
+    bool     msix_exclusive_bar;
 } NvmeParams;
 
 typedef struct NvmeCtrl {
