diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
index 8d2bcae53a2e..58585ec8699e 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -635,8 +635,13 @@ static int vhost_net_rx_peek_head_len(struct vhost_net *net, struct sock *sk)
 
 		preempt_enable();
 
-		if (vhost_enable_notify(&net->dev, vq))
+		if (!vhost_vq_avail_empty(&net->dev, vq))
 			vhost_poll_queue(&vq->poll);
+		else if (unlikely(vhost_enable_notify(&net->dev, vq))) {
+			vhost_disable_notify(&net->dev, vq);
+			vhost_poll_queue(&vq->poll);
+		}
+
 		mutex_unlock(&vq->mutex);
 
 		len = peek_head_len(rvq, sk);