diff --git a/hw/block/dataplane/virtio-blk.c b/hw/block/dataplane/virtio-blk.c
index 03566650c6..2faed43127 100644
--- a/hw/block/dataplane/virtio-blk.c
+++ b/hw/block/dataplane/virtio-blk.c
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ void virtio_blk_data_plane_stop(VirtIOBlockDataPlane *s)
     /* Clean up guest notifier (irq) */
     k->set_guest_notifiers(qbus->parent, 1, false);
 
-    vring_teardown(&s->vring);
+    vring_teardown(&s->vring, s->vdev, 0);
     s->started = false;
     s->stopping = false;
 }
diff --git a/hw/virtio/dataplane/vring.c b/hw/virtio/dataplane/vring.c
index e0d6e83625..82cc151b17 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/dataplane/vring.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/dataplane/vring.c
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ bool vring_setup(Vring *vring, VirtIODevice *vdev, int n)
 
     vring_init(&vring->vr, virtio_queue_get_num(vdev, n), vring_ptr, 4096);
 
-    vring->last_avail_idx = 0;
-    vring->last_used_idx = 0;
+    vring->last_avail_idx = virtio_queue_get_last_avail_idx(vdev, n);
+    vring->last_used_idx = vring->vr.used->idx;
     vring->signalled_used = 0;
     vring->signalled_used_valid = false;
 
@@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ bool vring_setup(Vring *vring, VirtIODevice *vdev, int n)
     return true;
 }
 
-void vring_teardown(Vring *vring)
+void vring_teardown(Vring *vring, VirtIODevice *vdev, int n)
 {
+    virtio_queue_set_last_avail_idx(vdev, n, vring->last_avail_idx);
+
     hostmem_finalize(&vring->hostmem);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/dataplane/vring.h b/include/hw/virtio/dataplane/vring.h
index 9380cb5413..c0b69ff18f 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/dataplane/vring.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/dataplane/vring.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static inline void vring_set_broken(Vring *vring)
 }
 
 bool vring_setup(Vring *vring, VirtIODevice *vdev, int n);
-void vring_teardown(Vring *vring);
+void vring_teardown(Vring *vring, VirtIODevice *vdev, int n);
 void vring_disable_notification(VirtIODevice *vdev, Vring *vring);
 bool vring_enable_notification(VirtIODevice *vdev, Vring *vring);
 bool vring_should_notify(VirtIODevice *vdev, Vring *vring);