diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cad65f236..69631d092 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1420,7 +1420,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
- "vfio-ioctls",
  "vhost",
  "virtio-bindings",
  "vm-allocator",
diff --git a/virtio-devices/Cargo.toml b/virtio-devices/Cargo.toml
index dd76cee89..0636feb42 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/Cargo.toml
+++ b/virtio-devices/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ seccomp = { git = "https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker", tag = "v
 serde = ">=1.0.27"
 serde_derive = ">=1.0.27"
 serde_json = ">=1.0.9"
-vfio-ioctls = { git = "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/vfio-ioctls", branch = "ch" }
 vhost_rs = { git = "https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost", branch = "master", package = "vhost", features = ["vhost-user-master", "vhost-user-slave"] }
 virtio-bindings = { version = "0.1", features = ["virtio-v5_0_0"]}
 vm-allocator = { path = "../vm-allocator" }
diff --git a/virtio-devices/src/iommu.rs b/virtio-devices/src/iommu.rs
index 6a36fa0a6..631e26120 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/src/iommu.rs
+++ b/virtio-devices/src/iommu.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use std::result;
 use std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Barrier, RwLock};
 use std::thread;
-use vfio_ioctls::ExternalDmaMapping;
+use vm_device::dma_mapping::ExternalDmaMapping;
 use vm_memory::{
     Address, ByteValued, Bytes, GuestAddress, GuestAddressSpace, GuestMemoryAtomic,
     GuestMemoryError, GuestMemoryMmap,
diff --git a/virtio-devices/src/lib.rs b/virtio-devices/src/lib.rs
index 26fed217e..fa1892478 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/src/lib.rs
+++ b/virtio-devices/src/lib.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ pub use self::pmem::*;
 pub use self::rng::*;
 pub use self::vsock::*;
 pub use self::watchdog::*;
+use vm_memory::{GuestAddress, GuestMemory};
 use vm_virtio::{queue::*, VirtioDeviceType};
 
 const DEVICE_INIT: u32 = 0x00;
@@ -125,3 +126,19 @@ pub enum Error {
     NetQueuePair(::net_util::NetQueuePairError),
     ApplySeccompFilter(seccomp::Error),
 }
+
+/// Convert an absolute address into an address space (GuestMemory)
+/// to a host pointer and verify that the provided size define a valid
+/// range within a single memory region.
+/// Return None if it is out of bounds or if addr+size overlaps a single region.
+pub fn get_host_address_range<M: GuestMemory>(
+    mem: &M,
+    addr: GuestAddress,
+    size: usize,
+) -> Option<*mut u8> {
+    if mem.check_range(addr, size) {
+        Some(mem.get_host_address(addr).unwrap())
+    } else {
+        None
+    }
+}
diff --git a/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/vu_common_ctrl.rs b/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/vu_common_ctrl.rs
index 752671ed7..791122717 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/vu_common_ctrl.rs
+++ b/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/vu_common_ctrl.rs
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@
 
 use super::super::{Descriptor, Queue};
 use super::{Error, Result};
-use crate::{VirtioInterrupt, VirtioInterruptType};
+use crate::{get_host_address_range, VirtioInterrupt, VirtioInterruptType};
 use libc::EFD_NONBLOCK;
 use std::convert::TryInto;
 use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::vec::Vec;
-use vfio_ioctls::get_host_address_range;
 use vhost_rs::vhost_user::{Master, VhostUserMaster};
 use vhost_rs::{VhostBackend, VhostUserMemoryRegionInfo, VringConfigData};
 use vm_memory::{Address, Error as MmapError, GuestMemory, GuestMemoryMmap, GuestMemoryRegion};
diff --git a/virtio-devices/src/vsock/packet.rs b/virtio-devices/src/vsock/packet.rs
index 7edcc5abe..7be31923e 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/src/vsock/packet.rs
+++ b/virtio-devices/src/vsock/packet.rs
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@
 ///
 use byteorder::{ByteOrder, LittleEndian};
 
-use super::super::DescriptorChain;
 use super::defs;
 use super::{Result, VsockError};
-use vfio_ioctls::get_host_address_range;
+use crate::{get_host_address_range, DescriptorChain};
 
 // The vsock packet header is defined by the C struct:
 //
diff --git a/vmm/src/device_manager.rs b/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
index c9d7de044..75f7c27d8 100644
--- a/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
@@ -79,13 +79,15 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::result;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Barrier, Mutex};
 #[cfg(feature = "kvm")]
-use vfio_ioctls::{VfioContainer, VfioDevice, VfioDmaMapping};
+use vfio_ioctls::{VfioContainer, VfioDevice};
 use virtio_devices::transport::VirtioPciDevice;
 use virtio_devices::transport::VirtioTransport;
 use virtio_devices::vhost_user::VhostUserConfig;
 use virtio_devices::{DmaRemapping, IommuMapping};
 use virtio_devices::{VirtioSharedMemory, VirtioSharedMemoryList};
 use vm_allocator::SystemAllocator;
+#[cfg(feature = "kvm")]
+use vm_device::dma_mapping::vfio::VfioDmaMapping;
 use vm_device::interrupt::{
     InterruptIndex, InterruptManager, LegacyIrqGroupConfig, MsiIrqGroupConfig,
 };