diff --git a/contrib/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c b/contrib/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
index 4ebfa4cc40..9f1285b8a1 100644
--- a/contrib/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
+++ b/contrib/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
@@ -2733,6 +2733,7 @@ vu_log_queue_fill(VuDev *dev, VuVirtq *vq,
     if (lduw_le_p(&desc[i].flags) & VRING_DESC_F_INDIRECT) {
         if (ldl_le_p(&desc[i].len) % sizeof(struct vring_desc)) {
             vu_panic(dev, "Invalid size for indirect buffer table");
+            return;
         }
 
         /* loop over the indirect descriptor table */