diff --git a/hw/virtio-blk.c b/hw/virtio-blk.c
index c3a73438f9..395eb9a068 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-blk.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-blk.c
@@ -481,6 +481,11 @@ static int virtio_blk_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
         qemu_get_buffer(f, (unsigned char*)&req->elem, sizeof(req->elem));
         req->next = s->rq;
         s->rq = req;
+
+        virtqueue_map_sg(req->elem.in_sg, req->elem.in_addr,
+            req->elem.in_num, 1);
+        virtqueue_map_sg(req->elem.out_sg, req->elem.out_addr,
+            req->elem.out_num, 0);
     }
 
     return 0;