diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.cpp b/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.cpp
index c4ff186686..c3a528d9c5 100644
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.cpp
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.cpp
@@ -663,3 +663,26 @@ int HsaNodeInfo::FindAccessiblePeers(std::vector<HSAuint32> *peers, HSAuint32 ds
 
     return peers->size();
 }
+
+const bool HsaNodeInfo::IsNodeXGMItoCPU(int node) const {
+    const HsaNodeProperties *pNodeProperties;
+    bool ret = false;
+
+    pNodeProperties = GetNodeProperties(node);
+    if (pNodeProperties && pNodeProperties->NumIOLinks) {
+        HsaIoLinkProperties  *IolinkProperties =  new HsaIoLinkProperties[pNodeProperties->NumIOLinks];
+        EXPECT_SUCCESS(hsaKmtGetNodeIoLinkProperties(node, pNodeProperties->NumIOLinks, IolinkProperties));
+
+        for (int linkId = 0; linkId < pNodeProperties->NumIOLinks; linkId++) {
+            EXPECT_EQ(node, IolinkProperties[linkId].NodeFrom);
+            const HsaNodeProperties *pNodeProperties0 =
+                    GetNodeProperties(IolinkProperties[linkId].NodeTo);
+            if (pNodeProperties0->NumFComputeCores == 0 &&
+                    IolinkProperties[linkId].IoLinkType == HSA_IOLINK_TYPE_XGMI)
+                ret = true;
+        }
+        delete [] IolinkProperties;
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.hpp b/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.hpp
index 28847f370e..e640d588fc 100644
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.hpp
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.hpp
@@ -196,6 +196,11 @@ class HsaNodeInfo {
     const bool AreGPUNodesXGMI(int node0, int node1) const;
     int FindAccessiblePeers(std::vector<HSAuint32> *peers, HSAuint32 dstNode,
             bool bidirectional) const;
+    /* @brief: to determine if the node is XGMI-linked to CPU
+     * @param: node index of the node we are looking at
+     * @return: bool true or false
+     */
+    const bool IsNodeXGMItoCPU(int node) const;
 };
 
 #endif  // __KFD__TEST__UTIL__H__