diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 11c1ad38f..5e66e641b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ Added warning message for `bdev_rbd_create`, if it is used without -c.
 Renamed `enable_vmd` RPC to `vmd_enable` to make it consistent with our naming scheme of
 `<subsystem>_<action>`.  For now, the old name is still available, but is marked as deprecated.
 
+New function `spdk_rpc_get_method_state_mask` was added to RPC library.
+
 ### raid
 
 Renamed the `raid5` module to `raid5f` to reflect that it is not a traditional
diff --git a/include/spdk/rpc.h b/include/spdk/rpc.h
index 6f8c834e2..1d7c300fd 100644
--- a/include/spdk/rpc.h
+++ b/include/spdk/rpc.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /*   SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  *   Copyright (c) Intel Corporation.
  *   All rights reserved.
+ *   Copyright (c) 2022 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #ifndef SPDK_RPC_CONFIG_H_
@@ -84,6 +85,16 @@ void spdk_rpc_register_alias_deprecated(const char *method, const char *alias);
  */
 int spdk_rpc_is_method_allowed(const char *method, uint32_t state_mask);
 
+/**
+ * Return state mask of the method
+ *
+ * \param method Method name
+ * \param[out] state_mask State mask of the method
+ * \retval 0 if method is found and \b state_mask is filled
+ * \retval -ENOENT if method is not found
+ */
+int spdk_rpc_get_method_state_mask(const char *method, uint32_t *state_mask);
+
 #define SPDK_RPC_STARTUP	0x1
 #define SPDK_RPC_RUNTIME	0x2
 
diff --git a/lib/rpc/Makefile b/lib/rpc/Makefile
index 723ff4494..a3c64bb89 100644
--- a/lib/rpc/Makefile
+++ b/lib/rpc/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 #  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #  Copyright (c) Intel Corporation.
 #  All rights reserved.
+#  Copyright (c) 2022 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
 #
 
 SPDK_ROOT_DIR := $(abspath $(CURDIR)/../..)
 include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.common.mk
 
 SO_VER := 4
-SO_MINOR := 0
+SO_MINOR := 1
 
 C_SRCS = rpc.c
 LIBNAME = rpc
diff --git a/lib/rpc/rpc.c b/lib/rpc/rpc.c
index be3807f2f..b543a2409 100644
--- a/lib/rpc/rpc.c
+++ b/lib/rpc/rpc.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /*   SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  *   Copyright (c) Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
  *   Copyright (c) 2019 Mellanox Technologies LTD. All rights reserved.
+ *   Copyright (c) 2022 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #include <sys/file.h>
@@ -273,6 +274,21 @@ spdk_rpc_is_method_allowed(const char *method, uint32_t state_mask)
 	return -ENOENT;
 }
 
+int
+spdk_rpc_get_method_state_mask(const char *method, uint32_t *state_mask)
+{
+	struct spdk_rpc_method *m;
+
+	SLIST_FOREACH(m, &g_rpc_methods, slist) {
+		if (strcmp(m->name, method) == 0) {
+			*state_mask = m->state_mask;
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return -ENOENT;
+}
+
 void
 spdk_rpc_close(void)
 {
diff --git a/lib/rpc/spdk_rpc.map b/lib/rpc/spdk_rpc.map
index e15ff8b53..ac16218d6 100644
--- a/lib/rpc/spdk_rpc.map
+++ b/lib/rpc/spdk_rpc.map
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 	spdk_rpc_register_method;
 	spdk_rpc_register_alias_deprecated;
 	spdk_rpc_is_method_allowed;
+	spdk_rpc_get_method_state_mask;
 	spdk_rpc_set_state;
 	spdk_rpc_get_state;
 
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/rpc/rpc.c/rpc_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/rpc/rpc.c/rpc_ut.c
index 59dc6c415..37a35624a 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/rpc/rpc.c/rpc_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/rpc/rpc.c/rpc_ut.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static void
 test_spdk_rpc_is_method_allowed(void)
 {
 	const char method[] = "test";
-	uint32_t state_mask = SPDK_RPC_STARTUP;
+	uint32_t state_mask = SPDK_RPC_STARTUP, m_state_mask;
 	struct spdk_rpc_method m = {};
 	int rc = 0;
 
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ test_spdk_rpc_is_method_allowed(void)
 	SLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&g_rpc_methods, &m, slist);
 	rc = spdk_rpc_is_method_allowed(method, state_mask);
 	CU_ASSERT(rc == -EPERM);
+	rc = spdk_rpc_get_method_state_mask(method, &m_state_mask);
+	CU_ASSERT(rc == 0);
+	CU_ASSERT(m_state_mask == m.state_mask);
 
 	/* Case 2: Expect return 0 */
 	state_mask = SPDK_RPC_RUNTIME;
@@ -166,6 +169,8 @@ test_spdk_rpc_is_method_allowed(void)
 	SLIST_REMOVE_HEAD(&g_rpc_methods, slist);
 	rc = spdk_rpc_is_method_allowed(method, state_mask);
 	CU_ASSERT(rc == -ENOENT);
+	rc = spdk_rpc_get_method_state_mask(method, &m_state_mask);
+	CU_ASSERT(rc == -ENOENT);
 }
 
 static void