diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/dpaa2_sec.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/dpaa2_sec.rst
index 5558ea5..0fdd673 100644
--- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/dpaa2_sec.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/dpaa2_sec.rst
@@ -134,6 +134,17 @@ Supported DPAA2 SoCs
 * LS2088A/LS2048A
 * LS1088A/LS1048A
 
+Whitelisting & Blacklisting
+---------------------------
+
+For blacklisting a DPAA2 SEC device, following commands can be used.
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+    <dpdk app> <EAL args> -b "fslmc:dpseci.x" -- ...
+
+Where x is the device object id as configured in resource container.
+
 Limitations
 -----------
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/dpaa2.rst b/doc/guides/nics/dpaa2.rst
index 8e38eff..7d069aa 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/dpaa2.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/dpaa2.rst
@@ -561,6 +561,17 @@ which are lower than logging ``level``.
 Using ``pmd.dpaa2`` as log matching criteria, all PMD logs can be enabled
 which are lower than logging ``level``.
 
+Whitelisting & Blacklisting
+---------------------------
+
+For blacklisting a DPAA2 device, following commands can be used.
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+    <dpdk app> <EAL args> -b "fslmc:dpni.x" -- ...
+
+Where x is the device object id as configured in resource container.
+
 Limitations
 -----------
 
diff --git a/drivers/bus/fslmc/fslmc_bus.c b/drivers/bus/fslmc/fslmc_bus.c
index d0b3261..e7c8cc6 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/fslmc/fslmc_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/fslmc/fslmc_bus.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 int dpaa2_logtype_bus;
 
 #define VFIO_IOMMU_GROUP_PATH "/sys/kernel/iommu_groups"
+#define FSLMC_BUS_NAME	fslmc
 
 struct rte_fslmc_bus rte_fslmc_bus;
 uint8_t dpaa2_virt_mode;
@@ -93,6 +94,22 @@ insert_in_device_list(struct rte_dpaa2_device *newdev)
 		TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&rte_fslmc_bus.device_list, newdev, next);
 }
 
+static struct rte_devargs *
+fslmc_devargs_lookup(struct rte_dpaa2_device *dev)
+{
+	struct rte_devargs *devargs;
+	char dev_name[32];
+
+	RTE_EAL_DEVARGS_FOREACH("fslmc", devargs) {
+		devargs->bus->parse(devargs->name, &dev_name);
+		if (strcmp(dev_name, dev->device.name) == 0) {
+			DPAA2_BUS_INFO("**Devargs matched %s", dev_name);
+			return devargs;
+		}
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static void
 dump_device_list(void)
 {
@@ -182,6 +199,7 @@ scan_one_fslmc_device(char *dev_name)
 		DPAA2_BUS_ERR("Unable to clone device name. Out of memory");
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
+	dev->device.devargs = fslmc_devargs_lookup(dev);
 
 	/* Add device in the fslmc device list */
 	insert_in_device_list(dev);
@@ -200,6 +218,54 @@ scan_one_fslmc_device(char *dev_name)
 }
 
 static int
+rte_fslmc_parse(const char *name, void *addr)
+{
+	uint16_t dev_id;
+	char *t_ptr;
+	char *sep = strchr(name, ':');
+
+	if (strncmp(name, RTE_STR(FSLMC_BUS_NAME),
+		strlen(RTE_STR(FSLMC_BUS_NAME)))) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (!sep) {
+		DPAA2_BUS_ERR("Incorrect device name observed");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	t_ptr = (char *)(sep + 1);
+
+	if (strncmp("dpni", t_ptr, 4) &&
+	    strncmp("dpseci", t_ptr, 6) &&
+	    strncmp("dpcon", t_ptr, 5) &&
+	    strncmp("dpbp", t_ptr, 4) &&
+	    strncmp("dpio", t_ptr, 4) &&
+	    strncmp("dpci", t_ptr, 4) &&
+	    strncmp("dpmcp", t_ptr, 5) &&
+	    strncmp("dpdmai", t_ptr, 6)) {
+		DPAA2_BUS_ERR("Unknown or unsupported device");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	t_ptr = strchr(name, '.');
+	if (!t_ptr) {
+		DPAA2_BUS_ERR("Incorrect device string observed (%s)", t_ptr);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	t_ptr = (char *)(t_ptr + 1);
+	if (sscanf(t_ptr, "%hu", &dev_id) <= 0) {
+		DPAA2_BUS_ERR("Incorrect device string observed (%s)", t_ptr);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (addr)
+		strcpy(addr, (char *)(sep + 1));
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
 rte_fslmc_scan(void)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -274,6 +340,8 @@ static int
 rte_fslmc_probe(void)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
+	int probe_all;
+
 	struct rte_dpaa2_device *dev;
 	struct rte_dpaa2_driver *drv;
 
@@ -303,6 +371,8 @@ rte_fslmc_probe(void)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	probe_all = rte_fslmc_bus.bus.conf.scan_mode != RTE_BUS_SCAN_WHITELIST;
+
 	TAILQ_FOREACH(dev, &rte_fslmc_bus.device_list, next) {
 		TAILQ_FOREACH(drv, &rte_fslmc_bus.driver_list, next) {
 			ret = rte_fslmc_match(drv, dev);
@@ -312,9 +382,21 @@ rte_fslmc_probe(void)
 			if (!drv->probe)
 				continue;
 
-			ret = drv->probe(drv, dev);
-			if (ret)
-				DPAA2_BUS_ERR("Unable to probe");
+			if (dev->device.devargs &&
+			  dev->device.devargs->policy == RTE_DEV_BLACKLISTED) {
+				DPAA2_BUS_LOG(DEBUG, "%s Blacklisted, skipping",
+					      dev->device.name);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			if (probe_all ||
+			   (dev->device.devargs &&
+			   dev->device.devargs->policy ==
+			   RTE_DEV_WHITELISTED)) {
+				ret = drv->probe(drv, dev);
+				if (ret)
+					DPAA2_BUS_ERR("Unable to probe");
+			}
 			break;
 		}
 	}
@@ -329,17 +411,19 @@ static struct rte_device *
 rte_fslmc_find_device(const struct rte_device *start, rte_dev_cmp_t cmp,
 		      const void *data)
 {
+	const struct rte_dpaa2_device *dstart;
 	struct rte_dpaa2_device *dev;
 
-	TAILQ_FOREACH(dev, &rte_fslmc_bus.device_list, next) {
-		if (start != NULL) {
-			if (&dev->device == start)
-				start = NULL;  /* starting point found */
-			continue;
-		}
-
+	if (start != NULL) {
+		dstart = RTE_DEV_TO_FSLMC_CONST(start);
+		dev = TAILQ_NEXT(dstart, next);
+	} else {
+		dev = TAILQ_FIRST(&rte_fslmc_bus.device_list);
+	}
+	while (dev != NULL) {
 		if (cmp(&dev->device, data) == 0)
 			return &dev->device;
+		dev = TAILQ_NEXT(dev, next);
 	}
 
 	return NULL;
@@ -422,6 +506,7 @@ struct rte_fslmc_bus rte_fslmc_bus = {
 	.bus = {
 		.scan = rte_fslmc_scan,
 		.probe = rte_fslmc_probe,
+		.parse = rte_fslmc_parse,
 		.find_device = rte_fslmc_find_device,
 		.get_iommu_class = rte_dpaa2_get_iommu_class,
 	},
@@ -430,7 +515,7 @@ struct rte_fslmc_bus rte_fslmc_bus = {
 	.device_count = {0},
 };
 
-RTE_REGISTER_BUS(fslmc, rte_fslmc_bus.bus);
+RTE_REGISTER_BUS(FSLMC_BUS_NAME, rte_fslmc_bus.bus);
 
 RTE_INIT(fslmc_init_log);
 static void
diff --git a/drivers/bus/fslmc/rte_fslmc.h b/drivers/bus/fslmc/rte_fslmc.h
index 69d0fec..de40e86 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/fslmc/rte_fslmc.h
+++ b/drivers/bus/fslmc/rte_fslmc.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <rte_dev.h>
 #include <rte_bus.h>
 #include <rte_tailq.h>
+#include <rte_devargs.h>
 
 #include <fslmc_vfio.h>
 
@@ -49,6 +50,9 @@ struct rte_dpaa2_driver;
 TAILQ_HEAD(rte_fslmc_device_list, rte_dpaa2_device);
 TAILQ_HEAD(rte_fslmc_driver_list, rte_dpaa2_driver);
 
+#define RTE_DEV_TO_FSLMC_CONST(ptr) \
+	container_of(ptr, const struct rte_dpaa2_device, device)
+
 extern struct rte_fslmc_bus rte_fslmc_bus;
 
 enum rte_dpaa2_dev_type {
