diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
index ee51863d28..aef5055abf 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ static bool vhost_vdpa_listener_skipped_section(MemoryRegionSection *section)
 {
     return (!memory_region_is_ram(section->mr) &&
             !memory_region_is_iommu(section->mr)) ||
+           /* vhost-vDPA doesn't allow MMIO to be mapped  */
+            memory_region_is_ram_device(section->mr) ||
            /*
             * Sizing an enabled 64-bit BAR can cause spurious mappings to
             * addresses in the upper part of the 64-bit address space.  These
@@ -172,22 +174,12 @@ static void vhost_vdpa_listener_region_add(MemoryListener *listener,
                              vaddr, section->readonly);
     if (ret) {
         error_report("vhost vdpa map fail!");
-        if (memory_region_is_ram_device(section->mr)) {
-            /* Allow unexpected mappings not to be fatal for RAM devices */
-            error_report("map ram fail!");
-          return ;
-        }
         goto fail;
     }
 
     return;
 
 fail:
-    if (memory_region_is_ram_device(section->mr)) {
-        error_report("failed to vdpa_dma_map. pci p2p may not work");
-        return;
-
-    }
     /*
      * On the initfn path, store the first error in the container so we
      * can gracefully fail.  Runtime, there's not much we can do other