diff --git a/src/include/memrange.h b/src/include/memrange.h
index f8fa033cee..ea3b118d41 100644
--- a/src/include/memrange.h
+++ b/src/include/memrange.h
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ static inline void range_entry_update_tag(struct range_entry *r,
 	r->tag = new_tag;
 }
 
+static inline bool memranges_is_empty(struct memranges *ranges)
+{
+	return ranges->entries == NULL;
+}
+
 /* Iterate over each entry in a memranges structure. Ranges cannot
  * be deleted while processing each entry as the list cannot be safely
  * traversed after such an operation.