diff --git a/src/runtime2/component/component_context.rs b/src/runtime2/component/component_context.rs
index 4ee51581b3f46d0b8c43f278b58a8b3fc7e391cb..1d00c2c83fa9b0ae269fe690f659ef94cf4c9e1d 100644
--- a/src/runtime2/component/component_context.rs
+++ b/src/runtime2/component/component_context.rs
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ impl PortState {
             self.is_set(PortStateFlag::BlockedDueToFullBuffers);
     }
 
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn is_blocked_due_to_port_change(&self) -> bool {
+        return self.is_set(PortStateFlag::BlockedDueToPeerChange);
+    }
+
     // lower-level utils
     #[inline]
     pub fn set(&mut self, flag: PortStateFlag) {