diff --git a/lib/accel/accel.c b/lib/accel/accel.c
index f6adffa15..afdf1670f 100644
--- a/lib/accel/accel.c
+++ b/lib/accel/accel.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*   SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  *   Copyright (c) Intel Corporation.
+ *   Copyright (c) 2022 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES.
  *   All rights reserved.
  */
 
@@ -43,6 +44,11 @@ static TAILQ_HEAD(, spdk_accel_module_if) spdk_accel_module_list =
 static struct spdk_accel_module_if *g_modules_opc[ACCEL_OPC_LAST] = {};
 static char *g_modules_opc_override[ACCEL_OPC_LAST] = {};
 
+static const char *g_opcode_strings[ACCEL_OPC_LAST] = {
+	"copy", "fill", "dualcast", "compare", "crc32c", "copy_crc32c",
+	"compress", "decompress"
+};
+
 struct accel_io_channel {
 	struct spdk_io_channel		*module_ch[ACCEL_OPC_LAST];
 	void				*task_pool_base;
@@ -87,6 +93,21 @@ _accel_for_each_module(struct module_info *info, _accel_for_each_module_fn fn)
 	}
 }
 
+int
+_accel_get_opc_name(enum accel_opcode opcode, const char **opcode_name)
+{
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	if (opcode < ACCEL_OPC_LAST) {
+		*opcode_name = g_opcode_strings[opcode];
+	} else {
+		/* invalid opcode */
+		rc = -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
 int
 spdk_accel_assign_opc(enum accel_opcode opcode, const char *name)
 {
@@ -625,10 +646,24 @@ accel_module_finish_cb(void)
 	g_fini_cb_arg = NULL;
 }
 
+static void
+accel_write_overridden_opc(struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w, const char *opc_str,
+			   const char *module_str)
+{
+	spdk_json_write_object_begin(w);
+	spdk_json_write_named_string(w, "method", "accel_assign_opc");
+	spdk_json_write_named_object_begin(w, "params");
+	spdk_json_write_named_string(w, "opname", opc_str);
+	spdk_json_write_named_string(w, "module", module_str);
+	spdk_json_write_object_end(w);
+	spdk_json_write_object_end(w);
+}
+
 void
 spdk_accel_write_config_json(struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w)
 {
 	struct spdk_accel_module_if *accel_module;
+	int i;
 
 	/*
 	 * The accel fw has no config, there may be some in
@@ -640,6 +675,11 @@ spdk_accel_write_config_json(struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w)
 			accel_module->write_config_json(w);
 		}
 	}
+	for (i = 0; i < ACCEL_OPC_LAST; i++) {
+		if (g_modules_opc_override[i]) {
+			accel_write_overridden_opc(w, g_opcode_strings[i], g_modules_opc_override[i]);
+		}
+	}
 	spdk_json_write_array_end(w);
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/accel/accel_internal.h b/lib/accel/accel_internal.h
index dbf94bc64..3403bb55d 100644
--- a/lib/accel/accel_internal.h
+++ b/lib/accel/accel_internal.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*   SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  *   Copyright (c) Intel Corporation.
+ *   Copyright (c) 2022 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES.
  *   All rights reserved.
  */
 
@@ -21,5 +22,6 @@ struct module_info {
 
 typedef void (*_accel_for_each_module_fn)(struct module_info *info);
 void _accel_for_each_module(struct module_info *info, _accel_for_each_module_fn fn);
+int _accel_get_opc_name(enum accel_opcode opcode, const char **opcode_name);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/accel/accel_rpc.c b/lib/accel/accel_rpc.c
index 4d132931f..31cbe0212 100644
--- a/lib/accel/accel_rpc.c
+++ b/lib/accel/accel_rpc.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*   SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  *   Copyright (c) Intel Corporation.
+ *   Copyright (c) 2022 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES.
  *   All rights reserved.
  */
 
@@ -11,26 +12,6 @@
 #include "spdk/stdinc.h"
 #include "spdk/env.h"
 
-const char *g_opcode_strings[ACCEL_OPC_LAST] = {
-	"copy", "fill", "dualcast", "compare", "crc32c", "copy_crc32c",
-	"compress", "decompress"
-};
-
-static int
-_get_opc_name(enum accel_opcode opcode, const char **opcode_name)
-{
-	int rc = 0;
-
-	if (opcode < ACCEL_OPC_LAST) {
-		*opcode_name = g_opcode_strings[opcode];
-	} else {
-		/* invalid opcode */
-		rc = -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	return rc;
-}
-
 static void
 rpc_accel_get_opc_assignments(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 			      const struct spdk_json_val *params)
@@ -50,7 +31,7 @@ rpc_accel_get_opc_assignments(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 
 	spdk_json_write_object_begin(w);
 	for (opcode = 0; opcode < ACCEL_OPC_LAST; opcode++) {
-		rc = _get_opc_name(opcode, &name);
+		rc = _accel_get_opc_name(opcode, &name);
 		if (rc == 0) {
 			rc = spdk_accel_get_opc_module_name(opcode, &module_name);
 			if (rc != 0) {
@@ -86,7 +67,7 @@ rpc_dump_module_info(struct module_info *info)
 	spdk_json_write_named_array_begin(w, "supported ops");
 
 	for (i = 0; i < info->num_ops; i++) {
-		rc = _get_opc_name(i, &name);
+		rc = _accel_get_opc_name(i, &name);
 		if (rc == 0) {
 			spdk_json_write_string(w, name);
 		} else {
@@ -146,6 +127,7 @@ rpc_accel_assign_opc(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 		     const struct spdk_json_val *params)
 {
 	struct rpc_accel_assign_opc req = {};
+	const char *opcode_str;
 	enum accel_opcode opcode;
 	bool found = false;
 	int rc;
@@ -160,7 +142,9 @@ rpc_accel_assign_opc(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 	}
 
 	for (opcode = 0; opcode < ACCEL_OPC_LAST; opcode++) {
-		if (strcmp(g_opcode_strings[opcode], req.opname) == 0) {
+		rc = _accel_get_opc_name(opcode, &opcode_str);
+		assert(!rc);
+		if (strcmp(opcode_str, req.opname) == 0) {
 			found = true;
 			break;
 		}