diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
index cbfcf18883..a2713b9f0b 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ static void vhost_vdpa_iommu_region_add(MemoryListener *listener,
         return;
     }
 
-    QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&v->iommu_list, iommu, iommu_next);
+    QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&v->shared->iommu_list, iommu, iommu_next);
     memory_region_iommu_replay(iommu->iommu_mr, &iommu->n);
 
     return;
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ static void vhost_vdpa_iommu_region_del(MemoryListener *listener,
 
     struct vdpa_iommu *iommu;
 
-    QLIST_FOREACH(iommu, &v->iommu_list, iommu_next)
+    QLIST_FOREACH(iommu, &v->shared->iommu_list, iommu_next)
     {
         if (MEMORY_REGION(iommu->iommu_mr) == section->mr &&
             iommu->n.start == section->offset_within_region) {
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.h b/include/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.h
index 5bd964dac5..3880b9e7f2 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ typedef struct VhostVDPAHostNotifier {
 typedef struct vhost_vdpa_shared {
     int device_fd;
     struct vhost_vdpa_iova_range iova_range;
+    QLIST_HEAD(, vdpa_iommu) iommu_list;
 
     /* IOVA mapping used by the Shadow Virtqueue */
     VhostIOVATree *iova_tree;
@@ -62,7 +63,6 @@ typedef struct vhost_vdpa {
     struct vhost_dev *dev;
     Error *migration_blocker;
     VhostVDPAHostNotifier notifier[VIRTIO_QUEUE_MAX];
-    QLIST_HEAD(, vdpa_iommu) iommu_list;
     IOMMUNotifier n;
 } VhostVDPA;