diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c b/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c
index a6576891ad..740db2ed7d 100644
--- a/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c
+++ b/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ virtio_enqueue_offload(struct rte_mbuf *m_buf, struct virtio_net_hdr *net_hdr)
 
 		ipv4_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m_buf, struct ipv4_hdr *,
 						   m_buf->l2_len);
+		ipv4_hdr->hdr_checksum = 0;
 		ipv4_hdr->hdr_checksum = rte_ipv4_cksum(ipv4_hdr);
 	}