diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index e3e8cab81abdf..97e8a195e18f5 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -1608,7 +1608,6 @@ static struct virtqueue *vring_create_virtqueue_packed(
 	vq->num_added = 0;
 	vq->packed_ring = true;
 	vq->use_dma_api = vring_use_dma_api(vdev);
-	list_add_tail(&vq->vq.list, &vdev->vqs);
 #ifdef DEBUG
 	vq->in_use = false;
 	vq->last_add_time_valid = false;
@@ -1669,6 +1668,7 @@ static struct virtqueue *vring_create_virtqueue_packed(
 			cpu_to_le16(vq->packed.event_flags_shadow);
 	}
 
+	list_add_tail(&vq->vq.list, &vdev->vqs);
 	return &vq->vq;
 
 err_desc_extra:
@@ -2085,7 +2085,6 @@ struct virtqueue *__vring_new_virtqueue(unsigned int index,
 	vq->last_used_idx = 0;
 	vq->num_added = 0;
 	vq->use_dma_api = vring_use_dma_api(vdev);
-	list_add_tail(&vq->vq.list, &vdev->vqs);
 #ifdef DEBUG
 	vq->in_use = false;
 	vq->last_add_time_valid = false;
@@ -2127,6 +2126,7 @@ struct virtqueue *__vring_new_virtqueue(unsigned int index,
 	memset(vq->split.desc_state, 0, vring.num *
 			sizeof(struct vring_desc_state_split));
 
+	list_add_tail(&vq->vq.list, &vdev->vqs);
 	return &vq->vq;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__vring_new_virtqueue);