diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/virtio_user_dev.c b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/virtio_user_dev.c
index ad5d2f3bf8..72b3dbd265 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/virtio_user_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/virtio_user_dev.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ virtio_user_fill_intr_handle(struct virtio_user_dev *dev)
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < dev->max_queue_pairs; ++i)
-		eth_dev->intr_handle->efds[i] = dev->callfds[i];
+		eth_dev->intr_handle->efds[i] = dev->callfds[2 * i];
 	eth_dev->intr_handle->nb_efd = dev->max_queue_pairs;
 	eth_dev->intr_handle->max_intr = dev->max_queue_pairs + 1;
 	eth_dev->intr_handle->type = RTE_INTR_HANDLE_VDEV;