diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
index 493269b0b5..ed106bff47 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ static bool vhost_vdpa_svqs_start(struct vhost_dev *dev)
         VirtQueue *vq = virtio_get_queue(dev->vdev, dev->vq_index + i);
         VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq = g_ptr_array_index(v->shadow_vqs, i);
         struct vhost_vring_addr addr = {
-            .index = i,
+            .index = dev->vq_index + i,
         };
         int r;
         bool ok = vhost_vdpa_svq_setup(dev, svq, i, &err);