diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c
index 6b2573ec1ae8..5a4f750a0b97 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c
@@ -205,28 +205,33 @@ static int vp_request_msix_vectors(struct virtio_device *vdev, int nvectors,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static struct virtqueue *vp_setup_vq(struct virtio_device *vdev, unsigned index,
-				     void (*callback)(struct virtqueue *vq),
-				     const char *name,
-				     bool ctx,
-				     u16 msix_vec)
+struct virtqueue *vp_setup_vq(struct virtio_device *vdev, unsigned int index,
+			      void (*callback)(struct virtqueue *vq),
+			      const char *name,
+			      bool ctx,
+			      u16 msix_vec)
 {
 	struct virtio_pci_device *vp_dev = to_vp_device(vdev);
-	struct virtio_pci_vq_info *info = kmalloc(sizeof *info, GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct virtio_pci_vq_info *info;
 	struct virtqueue *vq;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	/* fill out our structure that represents an active queue */
-	if (!info)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	info = vp_dev->vqs[index];
+	if (!info) {
+		info = kzalloc(sizeof(*info), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+		/* fill out our structure that represents an active queue */
+		if (!info)
+			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
 
 	vq = vp_dev->setup_vq(vp_dev, info, index, callback, name, ctx,
-			      msix_vec);
+			      msix_vec, info->vq);
 	if (IS_ERR(vq))
 		goto out_info;
 
 	info->vq = vq;
-	if (callback) {
+	if (vq->callback) {
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&vp_dev->lock, flags);
 		list_add(&info->node, &vp_dev->virtqueues);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vp_dev->lock, flags);
@@ -238,7 +243,9 @@ static struct virtqueue *vp_setup_vq(struct virtio_device *vdev, unsigned index,
 	return vq;
 
 out_info:
-	kfree(info);
+	if (!info->vq)
+		kfree(info);
+
 	return vq;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.h b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.h
index 392d990b7c73..696e3f6a493b 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.h
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.h
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ struct virtio_pci_device {
 				      void (*callback)(struct virtqueue *vq),
 				      const char *name,
 				      bool ctx,
-				      u16 msix_vec);
+				      u16 msix_vec,
+				      struct virtqueue *vq);
 	void (*del_vq)(struct virtio_pci_vq_info *info);
 
 	u16 (*config_vector)(struct virtio_pci_device *vp_dev, u16 vector);
@@ -117,6 +118,11 @@ int vp_find_vqs(struct virtio_device *vdev, unsigned nvqs,
 		struct virtqueue *vqs[], vq_callback_t *callbacks[],
 		const char * const names[], const bool *ctx,
 		struct irq_affinity *desc);
+struct virtqueue *vp_setup_vq(struct virtio_device *vdev, unsigned int index,
+			      void (*callback)(struct virtqueue *vq),
+			      const char *name,
+			      bool ctx,
+			      u16 msix_vec);
 const char *vp_bus_name(struct virtio_device *vdev);
 
 /* Setup the affinity for a virtqueue:
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c
index 34141b9abe27..96ec2b04e97d 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ static struct virtqueue *setup_vq(struct virtio_pci_device *vp_dev,
 				  void (*callback)(struct virtqueue *vq),
 				  const char *name,
 				  bool ctx,
-				  u16 msix_vec)
+				  u16 msix_vec,
+				  struct virtqueue *vq)
 {
-	struct virtqueue *vq;
 	u16 num;
 	int err;
 	u64 q_pfn;
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_modern.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_modern.c
index 5455bc041fb6..5af82948f0ae 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_modern.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_modern.c
@@ -187,11 +187,11 @@ static struct virtqueue *setup_vq(struct virtio_pci_device *vp_dev,
 				  void (*callback)(struct virtqueue *vq),
 				  const char *name,
 				  bool ctx,
-				  u16 msix_vec)
+				  u16 msix_vec,
+				  struct virtqueue *vq)
 {
 
 	struct virtio_pci_modern_device *mdev = &vp_dev->mdev;
-	struct virtqueue *vq;
 	u16 num;
 	int err;
 
@@ -211,10 +211,10 @@ static struct virtqueue *setup_vq(struct virtio_pci_device *vp_dev,
 	info->msix_vector = msix_vec;
 
 	/* create the vring */
-	vq = vring_create_virtqueue(index, num,
-				    SMP_CACHE_BYTES, &vp_dev->vdev,
-				    true, true, ctx,
-				    vp_notify, callback, name);
+	vq = vring_setup_virtqueue(index, num,
+				   SMP_CACHE_BYTES, &vp_dev->vdev,
+				   true, true, ctx,
+				   vp_notify, callback, name, vq);
 	if (!vq)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
