diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index f44aead98d60..9a18535fafba 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -1244,10 +1244,12 @@ static int vq_log_access_ok(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 /* Caller should have vq mutex and device mutex */
 int vhost_vq_access_ok(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
 {
-	int ret = vq_log_access_ok(vq, vq->log_base);
+	if (!vq_log_access_ok(vq, vq->log_base))
+		return 0;
 
-	if (ret || vq->iotlb)
-		return ret;
+	/* Access validation occurs at prefetch time with IOTLB */
+	if (vq->iotlb)
+		return 1;
 
 	return vq_access_ok(vq, vq->num, vq->desc, vq->avail, vq->used);
 }