diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost.c b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
index abf0d03c8d..e2f6ffb446 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
@@ -2044,6 +2044,8 @@ void vhost_dev_stop(struct vhost_dev *hdev, VirtIODevice *vdev, bool vrings)
     event_notifier_test_and_clear(
         &hdev->vqs[VHOST_QUEUE_NUM_CONFIG_INR].masked_config_notifier);
     event_notifier_test_and_clear(&vdev->config_notifier);
+    event_notifier_cleanup(
+        &hdev->vqs[VHOST_QUEUE_NUM_CONFIG_INR].masked_config_notifier);
 
     trace_vhost_dev_stop(hdev, vdev->name, vrings);