diff --git a/hw/vfio/ccw.c b/hw/vfio/ccw.c
index 7d2497cee6..7ddcfd7767 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/ccw.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/ccw.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/vfio.h>
+#include <linux/vfio_ccw.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@
 typedef struct VFIOCCWDevice {
     S390CCWDevice cdev;
     VFIODevice vdev;
+    uint64_t io_region_size;
+    uint64_t io_region_offset;
+    struct ccw_io_region *io_region;
 } VFIOCCWDevice;
 
 static void vfio_ccw_compute_needs_reset(VFIODevice *vdev)
@@ -50,6 +54,48 @@ static void vfio_ccw_reset(DeviceState *dev)
     ioctl(vcdev->vdev.fd, VFIO_DEVICE_RESET);
 }
 
+static void vfio_ccw_get_region(VFIOCCWDevice *vcdev, Error **errp)
+{
+    VFIODevice *vdev = &vcdev->vdev;
+    struct vfio_region_info *info;
+    int ret;
+
+    /* Sanity check device */
+    if (!(vdev->flags & VFIO_DEVICE_FLAGS_CCW)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "vfio: Um, this isn't a vfio-ccw device");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (vdev->num_regions < VFIO_CCW_CONFIG_REGION_INDEX + 1) {
+        error_setg(errp, "vfio: Unexpected number of the I/O region %u",
+                   vdev->num_regions);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    ret = vfio_get_region_info(vdev, VFIO_CCW_CONFIG_REGION_INDEX, &info);
+    if (ret) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "vfio: Error getting config info");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    vcdev->io_region_size = info->size;
+    if (sizeof(*vcdev->io_region) != vcdev->io_region_size) {
+        error_setg(errp, "vfio: Unexpected size of the I/O region");
+        g_free(info);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    vcdev->io_region_offset = info->offset;
+    vcdev->io_region = g_malloc0(info->size);
+
+    g_free(info);
+}
+
+static void vfio_ccw_put_region(VFIOCCWDevice *vcdev)
+{
+    g_free(vcdev->io_region);
+}
+
 static void vfio_put_device(VFIOCCWDevice *vcdev)
 {
     g_free(vcdev->vdev.name);
@@ -122,8 +168,15 @@ static void vfio_ccw_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
         goto out_device_err;
     }
 
+    vfio_ccw_get_region(vcdev, &err);
+    if (err) {
+        goto out_region_err;
+    }
+
     return;
 
+out_region_err:
+    vfio_put_device(vcdev);
 out_device_err:
     vfio_put_group(group);
 out_group_err:
@@ -142,6 +195,7 @@ static void vfio_ccw_unrealize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     S390CCWDeviceClass *cdc = S390_CCW_DEVICE_GET_CLASS(cdev);
     VFIOGroup *group = vcdev->vdev.group;
 
+    vfio_ccw_put_region(vcdev);
     vfio_put_device(vcdev);
     vfio_put_group(group);