diff --git a/neutron_lib/exceptions/__init__.py b/neutron_lib/exceptions/__init__.py
index 32db10320..54847de83 100644
--- a/neutron_lib/exceptions/__init__.py
+++ b/neutron_lib/exceptions/__init__.py
@@ -781,3 +781,8 @@ class FilterIDForIPNotFound(NotFound):
 class FailedToAddQdiscToDevice(NeutronException):
     message = _("Failed to add %(direction)s qdisc "
                 "to device %(device)s.")
+
+
+class PortBindingNotFound(NotFound):
+    message = _("Binding for port %(port_id)s for host %(host)s could not be "
+                "found.")
diff --git a/neutron_lib/plugins/utils.py b/neutron_lib/plugins/utils.py
index 1582d889d..2fa32a891 100644
--- a/neutron_lib/plugins/utils.py
+++ b/neutron_lib/plugins/utils.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from neutron_lib._i18n import _
 from neutron_lib.api import attributes
 from neutron_lib.api.definitions import network as net_apidef
 from neutron_lib.api.definitions import port as port_apidef
+from neutron_lib.api.definitions import portbindings_extended as pb_ext
 from neutron_lib.api.definitions import subnet as subnet_apidef
 from neutron_lib import constants
 from neutron_lib import exceptions
@@ -348,3 +349,36 @@ def get_deployment_physnet_mtu():
     :returns: The global_physnet_mtu from the global CONF.
     """
     return cfg.CONF.global_physnet_mtu
+
+
+def get_port_binding_by_status_and_host(bindings, status, host='',
+                                        raise_if_not_found=False,
+                                        port_id=None):
+    """Returns from an iterable the binding with the specified status and host.
+
+    The input iterable can contain zero or one binding in status ACTIVE
+    and zero or many bindings in status INACTIVE. As a consequence, to
+    unequivocally retrieve an inactive binding, the caller must specify a non
+    empty value for host. If host is the empty string, the first binding
+    satisfying the specified status will be returned. If no binding is found
+    with the specified status and host, None is returned or PortBindingNotFound
+    is raised if raise_if_not_found is True
+
+    :param bindings: An iterable containing port bindings
+    :param status: The status of the port binding to return. Possible values
+                   are ACTIVE or INACTIVE as defined in
+                   :file:`neutron_lib/constants.py`.
+    :param host: str representing the host of the binding to return.
+    :param raise_if_not_found: If a binding is not found and this parameter is
+                               True, a PortBindingNotFound exception is raised
+    :param port_id: The id of the binding's port
+    :returns: The searched for port binding or None if it is not found
+    :raises: PortBindingNotFound if the binding is not found and
+             raise_if_not_found is True
+    """
+    for binding in bindings:
+        if binding[pb_ext.STATUS] == status:
+            if not host or binding[pb_ext.HOST] == host:
+                return binding
+    if raise_if_not_found:
+        raise exceptions.PortBindingNotFound(port_id=port_id, host=host)
diff --git a/neutron_lib/tests/unit/plugins/test_utils.py b/neutron_lib/tests/unit/plugins/test_utils.py
index 9567278d3..fd28afe40 100644
--- a/neutron_lib/tests/unit/plugins/test_utils.py
+++ b/neutron_lib/tests/unit/plugins/test_utils.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import mock
 from oslo_utils import excutils
 from oslo_utils import uuidutils
 
+from neutron_lib.api.definitions import portbindings_extended as pb_ext
 from neutron_lib import constants
 from neutron_lib import exceptions
 from neutron_lib.plugins import utils
@@ -248,3 +249,26 @@ class TestUtils(base.BaseTestCase):
         self.assertEqual('p1', port['port']['project_id'])
         self.assertEqual('aport', port['port']['name'])
         self.assertEqual(net_id, port['port']['network_id'])
+
+    def test_get_port_binding_by_status_and_host(self):
+        bindings = []
+        self.assertIsNone(utils.get_port_binding_by_status_and_host(
+                              bindings, constants.INACTIVE))
+        bindings.extend([{pb_ext.STATUS: constants.INACTIVE,
+                          pb_ext.HOST: 'host-1'},
+                         {pb_ext.STATUS: constants.INACTIVE,
+                          pb_ext.HOST: 'host-2'}])
+        self.assertEqual(
+            'host-1', utils.get_port_binding_by_status_and_host(
+                          bindings,
+                          constants.INACTIVE)[pb_ext.HOST])
+        self.assertEqual(
+            'host-2', utils.get_port_binding_by_status_and_host(
+                          bindings,
+                          constants.INACTIVE,
+                          host='host-2')[pb_ext.HOST])
+        self.assertIsNone(utils.get_port_binding_by_status_and_host(
+                              bindings, constants.ACTIVE))
+        self.assertRaises(exceptions.PortBindingNotFound,
+                          utils.get_port_binding_by_status_and_host, bindings,
+                          constants.ACTIVE, 'host', True, 'port_id')
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/rehome-get-port-binding-98765e77c627e57d.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/rehome-get-port-binding-98765e77c627e57d.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ff7fd6c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/rehome-get-port-binding-98765e77c627e57d.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+features:
+  - The ``get_port_binding_by_status_and_host`` function is now available
+    in ``neutron_lib.plugins.utils``.