diff --git a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
index ce5221fa393a..e663921eebb6 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ vhost_scsi_handle_vq(struct vhost_scsi *vs, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
 		if (data_direction != DMA_NONE) {
 			ret = vhost_scsi_map_iov_to_sgl(cmd,
 					&vq->iov[data_first], data_num,
-					data_direction == DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+					data_direction == DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
 			if (unlikely(ret)) {
 				vq_err(vq, "Failed to map iov to sgl\n");
 				goto err_free;