diff --git a/app/spdk_lspci/spdk_lspci.c b/app/spdk_lspci/spdk_lspci.c
index b14d71b96..c005857e2 100644
--- a/app/spdk_lspci/spdk_lspci.c
+++ b/app/spdk_lspci/spdk_lspci.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ print_pci_dev(struct spdk_pci_device *dev)
 	       spdk_pci_device_get_vendor_id(dev),
 	       spdk_pci_device_get_device_id(dev));
 
-	if (dev->parent && dev->parent->internal.driver == spdk_pci_vmd_get_driver()) {
+	if (strcmp(spdk_pci_device_get_type(dev), "vmd") == 0) {
 		printf(" (NVMe disk behind VMD) ");
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/spdk/env.h b/include/spdk/env.h
index 7214fe532..48e4c80c0 100644
--- a/include/spdk/env.h
+++ b/include/spdk/env.h
@@ -655,6 +655,7 @@ struct spdk_pci_device {
 	struct spdk_pci_addr		addr;
 	struct spdk_pci_id		id;
 	int				socket_id;
+	const char			*type;
 
 	int (*map_bar)(struct spdk_pci_device *dev, uint32_t bar,
 		       void **mapped_addr, uint64_t *phys_addr, uint64_t *size);
@@ -1101,6 +1102,15 @@ void spdk_pci_hook_device(struct spdk_pci_driver *drv, struct spdk_pci_device *d
  */
 void spdk_pci_unhook_device(struct spdk_pci_device *dev);
 
+/**
+ * Return the type of the PCI device.
+ *
+ * \param dev PCI device
+ *
+ * \return string representing the type of the device
+ */
+const char *spdk_pci_device_get_type(const struct spdk_pci_device *dev);
+
 /**
  * Remove any CPU affinity from the current thread.
  */
diff --git a/lib/env_dpdk/pci.c b/lib/env_dpdk/pci.c
index fad7ea8bb..2e9d4070c 100644
--- a/lib/env_dpdk/pci.c
+++ b/lib/env_dpdk/pci.c
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ spdk_pci_device_init(struct rte_pci_driver *_drv,
 	dev->id.subvendor_id = _dev->id.subsystem_vendor_id;
 	dev->id.subdevice_id = _dev->id.subsystem_device_id;
 	dev->socket_id = _dev->device.numa_node;
+	dev->type = "pci";
 
 	dev->map_bar = spdk_map_bar_rte;
 	dev->unmap_bar = spdk_unmap_bar_rte;
@@ -887,3 +888,9 @@ spdk_pci_unhook_device(struct spdk_pci_device *dev)
 	assert(!dev->internal.attached);
 	TAILQ_REMOVE(&g_pci_devices, dev, internal.tailq);
 }
+
+const char *
+spdk_pci_device_get_type(const struct spdk_pci_device *dev)
+{
+	return dev->type;
+}
diff --git a/lib/vmd/vmd.c b/lib/vmd/vmd.c
index f2d9dbf1a..d61f60d65 100644
--- a/lib/vmd/vmd.c
+++ b/lib/vmd/vmd.c
@@ -681,6 +681,7 @@ vmd_dev_init(struct vmd_pci_device *dev)
 	dev->pci.addr.func = 0;
 	dev->pci.id.vendor_id = dev->header->common.vendor_id;
 	dev->pci.id.device_id = dev->header->common.device_id;
+	dev->pci.type = "vmd";
 	dev->pci.map_bar = vmd_dev_map_bar;
 	dev->pci.unmap_bar = vmd_dev_unmap_bar;
 	dev->pci.cfg_read = vmd_dev_cfg_read;