diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_private.h b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_private.h
index 86a02aff8735f..61ca8ab165dc1 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_private.h
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_private.h
@@ -33,12 +33,14 @@
 
 struct vfio_pci_ioeventfd {
 	struct list_head	next;
+	struct vfio_pci_device	*vdev;
 	struct virqfd		*virqfd;
 	void __iomem		*addr;
 	uint64_t		data;
 	loff_t			pos;
 	int			bar;
 	int			count;
+	bool			test_mem;
 };
 
 struct vfio_pci_irq_ctx {
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_rdwr.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_rdwr.c
index 916b184df3a5b..9e353c484ace2 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_rdwr.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_rdwr.c
@@ -37,17 +37,70 @@
 #define vfio_ioread8	ioread8
 #define vfio_iowrite8	iowrite8
 
+#define VFIO_IOWRITE(size) \
+static int vfio_pci_iowrite##size(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev,		\
+			bool test_mem, u##size val, void __iomem *io)	\
+{									\
+	if (test_mem) {							\
+		down_read(&vdev->memory_lock);				\
+		if (!__vfio_pci_memory_enabled(vdev)) {			\
+			up_read(&vdev->memory_lock);			\
+			return -EIO;					\
+		}							\
+	}								\
+									\
+	vfio_iowrite##size(val, io);					\
+									\
+	if (test_mem)							\
+		up_read(&vdev->memory_lock);				\
+									\
+	return 0;							\
+}
+
+VFIO_IOWRITE(8)
+VFIO_IOWRITE(16)
+VFIO_IOWRITE(32)
+#ifdef iowrite64
+VFIO_IOWRITE(64)
+#endif
+
+#define VFIO_IOREAD(size) \
+static int vfio_pci_ioread##size(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev,		\
+			bool test_mem, u##size *val, void __iomem *io)	\
+{									\
+	if (test_mem) {							\
+		down_read(&vdev->memory_lock);				\
+		if (!__vfio_pci_memory_enabled(vdev)) {			\
+			up_read(&vdev->memory_lock);			\
+			return -EIO;					\
+		}							\
+	}								\
+									\
+	*val = vfio_ioread##size(io);					\
+									\
+	if (test_mem)							\
+		up_read(&vdev->memory_lock);				\
+									\
+	return 0;							\
+}
+
+VFIO_IOREAD(8)
+VFIO_IOREAD(16)
+VFIO_IOREAD(32)
+
 /*
  * Read or write from an __iomem region (MMIO or I/O port) with an excluded
  * range which is inaccessible.  The excluded range drops writes and fills
  * reads with -1.  This is intended for handling MSI-X vector tables and
  * leftover space for ROM BARs.
  */
-static ssize_t do_io_rw(void __iomem *io, char __user *buf,
+static ssize_t do_io_rw(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev, bool test_mem,
+			void __iomem *io, char __user *buf,
 			loff_t off, size_t count, size_t x_start,
 			size_t x_end, bool iswrite)
 {
 	ssize_t done = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	while (count) {
 		size_t fillable, filled;
@@ -66,9 +119,15 @@ static ssize_t do_io_rw(void __iomem *io, char __user *buf,
 				if (copy_from_user(&val, buf, 4))
 					return -EFAULT;
 
-				vfio_iowrite32(val, io + off);
+				ret = vfio_pci_iowrite32(vdev, test_mem,
+							 val, io + off);
+				if (ret)
+					return ret;
 			} else {
-				val = vfio_ioread32(io + off);
+				ret = vfio_pci_ioread32(vdev, test_mem,
+							&val, io + off);
+				if (ret)
+					return ret;
 
 				if (copy_to_user(buf, &val, 4))
 					return -EFAULT;
@@ -82,9 +141,15 @@ static ssize_t do_io_rw(void __iomem *io, char __user *buf,
 				if (copy_from_user(&val, buf, 2))
 					return -EFAULT;
 
-				vfio_iowrite16(val, io + off);
+				ret = vfio_pci_iowrite16(vdev, test_mem,
+							 val, io + off);
+				if (ret)
+					return ret;
 			} else {
-				val = vfio_ioread16(io + off);
+				ret = vfio_pci_ioread16(vdev, test_mem,
+							&val, io + off);
+				if (ret)
+					return ret;
 
 				if (copy_to_user(buf, &val, 2))
 					return -EFAULT;
@@ -98,9 +163,15 @@ static ssize_t do_io_rw(void __iomem *io, char __user *buf,
 				if (copy_from_user(&val, buf, 1))
 					return -EFAULT;
 
-				vfio_iowrite8(val, io + off);
+				ret = vfio_pci_iowrite8(vdev, test_mem,
+							val, io + off);
+				if (ret)
+					return ret;
 			} else {
-				val = vfio_ioread8(io + off);
+				ret = vfio_pci_ioread8(vdev, test_mem,
+						       &val, io + off);
+				if (ret)
+					return ret;
 
 				if (copy_to_user(buf, &val, 1))
 					return -EFAULT;
@@ -178,14 +249,6 @@ ssize_t vfio_pci_bar_rw(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev, char __user *buf,
 
 	count = min(count, (size_t)(end - pos));
 
-	if (res->flags & IORESOURCE_MEM) {
-		down_read(&vdev->memory_lock);
-		if (!__vfio_pci_memory_enabled(vdev)) {
-			up_read(&vdev->memory_lock);
-			return -EIO;
-		}
-	}
-
 	if (bar == PCI_ROM_RESOURCE) {
 		/*
 		 * The ROM can fill less space than the BAR, so we start the
@@ -213,7 +276,8 @@ ssize_t vfio_pci_bar_rw(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev, char __user *buf,
 		x_end = vdev->msix_offset + vdev->msix_size;
 	}
 
-	done = do_io_rw(io, buf, pos, count, x_start, x_end, iswrite);
+	done = do_io_rw(vdev, res->flags & IORESOURCE_MEM, io, buf, pos,
+			count, x_start, x_end, iswrite);
 
 	if (done >= 0)
 		*ppos += done;
@@ -221,9 +285,6 @@ ssize_t vfio_pci_bar_rw(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev, char __user *buf,
 	if (bar == PCI_ROM_RESOURCE)
 		pci_unmap_rom(pdev, io);
 out:
-	if (res->flags & IORESOURCE_MEM)
-		up_read(&vdev->memory_lock);
-
 	return done;
 }
 
@@ -278,7 +339,12 @@ ssize_t vfio_pci_vga_rw(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev, char __user *buf,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	done = do_io_rw(iomem, buf, off, count, 0, 0, iswrite);
+	/*
+	 * VGA MMIO is a legacy, non-BAR resource that hopefully allows
+	 * probing, so we don't currently worry about access in relation
+	 * to the memory enable bit in the command register.
+	 */
+	done = do_io_rw(vdev, false, iomem, buf, off, count, 0, 0, iswrite);
 
 	vga_put(vdev->pdev, rsrc);
 
@@ -296,17 +362,21 @@ static int vfio_pci_ioeventfd_handler(void *opaque, void *unused)
 
 	switch (ioeventfd->count) {
 	case 1:
-		vfio_iowrite8(ioeventfd->data, ioeventfd->addr);
+		vfio_pci_iowrite8(ioeventfd->vdev, ioeventfd->test_mem,
+				  ioeventfd->data, ioeventfd->addr);
 		break;
 	case 2:
-		vfio_iowrite16(ioeventfd->data, ioeventfd->addr);
+		vfio_pci_iowrite16(ioeventfd->vdev, ioeventfd->test_mem,
+				   ioeventfd->data, ioeventfd->addr);
 		break;
 	case 4:
-		vfio_iowrite32(ioeventfd->data, ioeventfd->addr);
+		vfio_pci_iowrite32(ioeventfd->vdev, ioeventfd->test_mem,
+				   ioeventfd->data, ioeventfd->addr);
 		break;
 #ifdef iowrite64
 	case 8:
-		vfio_iowrite64(ioeventfd->data, ioeventfd->addr);
+		vfio_pci_iowrite64(ioeventfd->vdev, ioeventfd->test_mem,
+				   ioeventfd->data, ioeventfd->addr);
 		break;
 #endif
 	}
@@ -378,11 +448,13 @@ long vfio_pci_ioeventfd(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev, loff_t offset,
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
+	ioeventfd->vdev = vdev;
 	ioeventfd->addr = vdev->barmap[bar] + pos;
 	ioeventfd->data = data;
 	ioeventfd->pos = pos;
 	ioeventfd->bar = bar;
 	ioeventfd->count = count;
+	ioeventfd->test_mem = vdev->pdev->resource[bar].flags & IORESOURCE_MEM;
 
 	ret = vfio_virqfd_enable(ioeventfd, vfio_pci_ioeventfd_handler,
 				 NULL, NULL, &ioeventfd->virqfd, fd);
