diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
index 74264e5906951..56228467d7ec6 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
@@ -1522,6 +1522,11 @@ static inline bool mlx5_vdpa_is_little_endian(struct mlx5_vdpa_dev *mvdev)
 		(mvdev->actual_features & (1ULL << VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1));
 }
 
+static __virtio16 cpu_to_mlx5vdpa16(struct mlx5_vdpa_dev *mvdev, u16 val)
+{
+	return __cpu_to_virtio16(mlx5_vdpa_is_little_endian(mvdev), val);
+}
+
 static int mlx5_vdpa_set_features(struct vdpa_device *vdev, u64 features)
 {
 	struct mlx5_vdpa_dev *mvdev = to_mvdev(vdev);
@@ -1535,8 +1540,7 @@ static int mlx5_vdpa_set_features(struct vdpa_device *vdev, u64 features)
 		return err;
 
 	ndev->mvdev.actual_features = features & ndev->mvdev.mlx_features;
-	ndev->config.mtu = __cpu_to_virtio16(mlx5_vdpa_is_little_endian(mvdev),
-					     ndev->mtu);
+	ndev->config.mtu = cpu_to_mlx5vdpa16(mvdev, ndev->mtu);
 	return err;
 }