diff --git a/drivers/vhost/test.c b/drivers/vhost/test.c
index ac4f762c4f65..7804869c6a31 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/test.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/test.c
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
  * Using this limit prevents one virtqueue from starving others. */
 #define VHOST_TEST_WEIGHT 0x80000
 
+/* Max number of packets transferred before requeueing the job.
+ * Using this limit prevents one virtqueue from starving others with
+ * pkts.
+ */
+#define VHOST_TEST_PKT_WEIGHT 256
+
 enum {
 	VHOST_TEST_VQ = 0,
 	VHOST_TEST_VQ_MAX = 1,
@@ -80,10 +86,8 @@ static void handle_vq(struct vhost_test *n)
 		}
 		vhost_add_used_and_signal(&n->dev, vq, head, 0);
 		total_len += len;
-		if (unlikely(total_len >= VHOST_TEST_WEIGHT)) {
-			vhost_poll_queue(&vq->poll);
+		if (unlikely(vhost_exceeds_weight(vq, 0, total_len)))
 			break;
-		}
 	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&vq->mutex);
@@ -115,7 +119,8 @@ static int vhost_test_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *f)
 	dev = &n->dev;
 	vqs[VHOST_TEST_VQ] = &n->vqs[VHOST_TEST_VQ];
 	n->vqs[VHOST_TEST_VQ].handle_kick = handle_vq_kick;
-	vhost_dev_init(dev, vqs, VHOST_TEST_VQ_MAX, UIO_MAXIOV);
+	vhost_dev_init(dev, vqs, VHOST_TEST_VQ_MAX, UIO_MAXIOV,
+		       VHOST_TEST_PKT_WEIGHT, VHOST_TEST_WEIGHT);
 
 	f->private_data = n;