diff --git a/hw/virtio/trace-events b/hw/virtio/trace-events
index 7109cf1a3b..1cb9027d1e 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/trace-events
+++ b/hw/virtio/trace-events
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ vhost_vdpa_set_features(void *dev, uint64_t features) "dev: %p features: 0x%"PRI
 vhost_vdpa_get_device_id(void *dev, uint32_t device_id) "dev: %p device_id %"PRIu32
 vhost_vdpa_reset_device(void *dev) "dev: %p"
 vhost_vdpa_get_vq_index(void *dev, int idx, int vq_idx) "dev: %p idx: %d vq idx: %d"
-vhost_vdpa_set_vring_ready(void *dev) "dev: %p"
+vhost_vdpa_set_vring_ready(void *dev, unsigned i, int r) "dev: %p, idx: %u, r: %d"
 vhost_vdpa_dump_config(void *dev, const char *line) "dev: %p %s"
 vhost_vdpa_set_config(void *dev, uint32_t offset, uint32_t size, uint32_t flags) "dev: %p offset: %"PRIu32" size: %"PRIu32" flags: 0x%"PRIx32
 vhost_vdpa_get_config(void *dev, void *config, uint32_t config_len) "dev: %p config: %p config_len: %"PRIu32
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
index 50b932a930..e7de880d51 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
@@ -882,18 +882,17 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_get_vq_index(struct vhost_dev *dev, int idx)
     return idx;
 }
 
-static int vhost_vdpa_set_vring_ready(struct vhost_dev *dev)
+int vhost_vdpa_set_vring_ready(struct vhost_vdpa *v, unsigned idx)
 {
-    int i;
-    trace_vhost_vdpa_set_vring_ready(dev);
-    for (i = 0; i < dev->nvqs; ++i) {
-        struct vhost_vring_state state = {
-            .index = dev->vq_index + i,
-            .num = 1,
-        };
-        vhost_vdpa_call(dev, VHOST_VDPA_SET_VRING_ENABLE, &state);
-    }
-    return 0;
+    struct vhost_dev *dev = v->dev;
+    struct vhost_vring_state state = {
+        .index = idx,
+        .num = 1,
+    };
+    int r = vhost_vdpa_call(dev, VHOST_VDPA_SET_VRING_ENABLE, &state);
+
+    trace_vhost_vdpa_set_vring_ready(dev, idx, r);
+    return r;
 }
 
 static int vhost_vdpa_set_config_call(struct vhost_dev *dev,
@@ -1304,7 +1303,9 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_dev_start(struct vhost_dev *dev, bool started)
         if (unlikely(!ok)) {
             return -1;
         }
-        vhost_vdpa_set_vring_ready(dev);
+        for (int i = 0; i < dev->nvqs; ++i) {
+            vhost_vdpa_set_vring_ready(v, dev->vq_index + i);
+        }
     } else {
         vhost_vdpa_suspend(dev);
         vhost_vdpa_svqs_stop(dev);
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.h b/include/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.h
index e64bfc7f98..5407d54fd7 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ typedef struct vhost_vdpa {
 } VhostVDPA;
 
 int vhost_vdpa_get_iova_range(int fd, struct vhost_vdpa_iova_range *iova_range);
+int vhost_vdpa_set_vring_ready(struct vhost_vdpa *v, unsigned idx);
 
 int vhost_vdpa_dma_map(struct vhost_vdpa *v, uint32_t asid, hwaddr iova,
                        hwaddr size, void *vaddr, bool readonly);