diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/hypervisor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/hypervisor.h
index 1b0a5abcd8ae..96aa6b9884dc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/hypervisor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/hypervisor.h
@@ -20,16 +20,7 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_X86_HYPERVISOR_H
 #define _ASM_X86_HYPERVISOR_H
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HYPERVISOR_GUEST
-
-#include <asm/kvm_para.h>
-#include <asm/x86_init.h>
-#include <asm/xen/hypervisor.h>
-
-/*
- * x86 hypervisor information
- */
-
+/* x86 hypervisor types  */
 enum x86_hypervisor_type {
 	X86_HYPER_NATIVE = 0,
 	X86_HYPER_VMWARE,
@@ -39,6 +30,12 @@ enum x86_hypervisor_type {
 	X86_HYPER_KVM,
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HYPERVISOR_GUEST
+
+#include <asm/kvm_para.h>
+#include <asm/x86_init.h>
+#include <asm/xen/hypervisor.h>
+
 struct hypervisor_x86 {
 	/* Hypervisor name */
 	const char	*name;
@@ -58,7 +55,15 @@ struct hypervisor_x86 {
 
 extern enum x86_hypervisor_type x86_hyper_type;
 extern void init_hypervisor_platform(void);
+static inline bool hypervisor_is_type(enum x86_hypervisor_type type)
+{
+	return x86_hyper_type == type;
+}
 #else
 static inline void init_hypervisor_platform(void) { }
+static inline bool hypervisor_is_type(enum x86_hypervisor_type type)
+{
+	return type == X86_HYPER_NATIVE;
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_HYPERVISOR_GUEST */
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_HYPERVISOR_H */