diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost.c b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
index ddc42f0f93..54041948cf 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
@@ -1138,6 +1138,10 @@ static void vhost_virtqueue_stop(struct vhost_dev *dev,
     r = dev->vhost_ops->vhost_get_vring_base(dev, &state);
     if (r < 0) {
         VHOST_OPS_DEBUG("vhost VQ %d ring restore failed: %d", idx, r);
+        /* Connection to the backend is broken, so let's sync internal
+         * last avail idx to the device used idx.
+         */
+        virtio_queue_restore_last_avail_idx(vdev, idx);
     } else {
         virtio_queue_set_last_avail_idx(vdev, idx, state.num);
     }