diff --git a/hw/i386/xen/xen-hvm.c b/hw/i386/xen/xen-hvm.c
index 482be95415..cf8e500514 100644
--- a/hw/i386/xen/xen-hvm.c
+++ b/hw/i386/xen/xen-hvm.c
@@ -1087,10 +1087,11 @@ static void handle_ioreq(XenIOState *state, ioreq_t *req)
     }
 }
 
-static int handle_buffered_iopage(XenIOState *state)
+static bool handle_buffered_iopage(XenIOState *state)
 {
     buffered_iopage_t *buf_page = state->buffered_io_page;
     buf_ioreq_t *buf_req = NULL;
+    bool handled_ioreq = false;
     ioreq_t req;
     int qw;
 
@@ -1144,9 +1145,10 @@ static int handle_buffered_iopage(XenIOState *state)
         assert(!req.data_is_ptr);
 
         qatomic_add(&buf_page->read_pointer, qw + 1);
+        handled_ioreq = true;
     }
 
-    return req.count;
+    return handled_ioreq;
 }
 
 static void handle_buffered_io(void *opaque)