diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
index 7f6bfd961cda..dd5258919e8f 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
@@ -389,29 +389,9 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_get_dev_features(struct vhost_dev *dev,
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int vhost_vdpa_init_svq(struct vhost_dev *hdev, struct vhost_vdpa *v,
-                               Error **errp)
+static void vhost_vdpa_init_svq(struct vhost_dev *hdev, struct vhost_vdpa *v)
 {
     g_autoptr(GPtrArray) shadow_vqs = NULL;
-    uint64_t dev_features, svq_features;
-    int r;
-    bool ok;
-
-    if (!v->shadow_vqs_enabled) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    r = vhost_vdpa_get_dev_features(hdev, &dev_features);
-    if (r != 0) {
-        error_setg_errno(errp, -r, "Can't get vdpa device features");
-        return r;
-    }
-
-    svq_features = dev_features;
-    ok = vhost_svq_valid_features(svq_features, errp);
-    if (unlikely(!ok)) {
-        return -1;
-    }
 
     shadow_vqs = g_ptr_array_new_full(hdev->nvqs, vhost_svq_free);
     for (unsigned n = 0; n < hdev->nvqs; ++n) {
@@ -422,7 +402,6 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_init_svq(struct vhost_dev *hdev, struct vhost_vdpa *v,
     }
 
     v->shadow_vqs = g_steal_pointer(&shadow_vqs);
-    return 0;
 }
 
 static int vhost_vdpa_init(struct vhost_dev *dev, void *opaque, Error **errp)
@@ -447,10 +426,7 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_init(struct vhost_dev *dev, void *opaque, Error **errp)
     dev->opaque =  opaque ;
     v->listener = vhost_vdpa_memory_listener;
     v->msg_type = VHOST_IOTLB_MSG_V2;
-    ret = vhost_vdpa_init_svq(dev, v, errp);
-    if (ret) {
-        goto err;
-    }
+    vhost_vdpa_init_svq(dev, v);
 
     if (!vhost_vdpa_first_dev(dev)) {
         return 0;
@@ -460,10 +436,6 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_init(struct vhost_dev *dev, void *opaque, Error **errp)
                                VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER);
 
     return 0;
-
-err:
-    ram_block_discard_disable(false);
-    return ret;
 }
 
 static void vhost_vdpa_host_notifier_uninit(struct vhost_dev *dev,
diff --git a/net/vhost-vdpa.c b/net/vhost-vdpa.c
index b6462f019237..e829ef1f4341 100644
--- a/net/vhost-vdpa.c
+++ b/net/vhost-vdpa.c
@@ -118,9 +118,10 @@ static bool vhost_vdpa_net_valid_svq_features(uint64_t features, Error **errp)
     if (invalid_dev_features) {
         error_setg(errp, "vdpa svq does not work with features 0x%" PRIx64,
                    invalid_dev_features);
+        return false;
     }
 
-    return !invalid_dev_features;
+    return vhost_svq_valid_features(features, errp);
 }
 
 static int vhost_vdpa_net_check_device_id(struct vhost_net *net)