diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
index 09df150ef2..2ecaedb686 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
@@ -162,11 +162,11 @@ static void vhost_vdpa_listener_begin_batch(struct vhost_vdpa *v)
 static void vhost_vdpa_iotlb_batch_begin_once(struct vhost_vdpa *v)
 {
     if (v->dev->backend_cap & (0x1ULL << VHOST_BACKEND_F_IOTLB_BATCH) &&
-        !v->iotlb_batch_begin_sent) {
+        !v->shared->iotlb_batch_begin_sent) {
         vhost_vdpa_listener_begin_batch(v);
     }
 
-    v->iotlb_batch_begin_sent = true;
+    v->shared->iotlb_batch_begin_sent = true;
 }
 
 static void vhost_vdpa_listener_commit(MemoryListener *listener)
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static void vhost_vdpa_listener_commit(MemoryListener *listener)
         return;
     }
 
-    if (!v->iotlb_batch_begin_sent) {
+    if (!v->shared->iotlb_batch_begin_sent) {
         return;
     }
 
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ static void vhost_vdpa_listener_commit(MemoryListener *listener)
                      fd, errno, strerror(errno));
     }
 
-    v->iotlb_batch_begin_sent = false;
+    v->shared->iotlb_batch_begin_sent = false;
 }
 
 static void vhost_vdpa_iommu_map_notify(IOMMUNotifier *n, IOMMUTLBEntry *iotlb)
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.h b/include/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.h
index 796a180afa..05219bbcf7 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.h
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ typedef struct vhost_vdpa_shared {
     /* IOVA mapping used by the Shadow Virtqueue */
     VhostIOVATree *iova_tree;
 
+    bool iotlb_batch_begin_sent;
+
     /* Vdpa must send shadow addresses as IOTLB key for data queues, not GPA */
     bool shadow_data;
 } VhostVDPAShared;
@@ -45,7 +47,6 @@ typedef struct vhost_vdpa_shared {
 typedef struct vhost_vdpa {
     int index;
     uint32_t msg_type;
-    bool iotlb_batch_begin_sent;
     uint32_t address_space_id;
     MemoryListener listener;
     uint64_t acked_features;