diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
index 026be580d318..e1e22e0f01e8 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -505,9 +505,13 @@ static int get_rx_bufs(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 			r = -ENOBUFS;
 			goto err;
 		}
-		d = vhost_get_vq_desc(vq->dev, vq, vq->iov + seg,
+		r = vhost_get_vq_desc(vq->dev, vq, vq->iov + seg,
 				      ARRAY_SIZE(vq->iov) - seg, &out,
 				      &in, log, log_num);
+		if (unlikely(r < 0))
+			goto err;
+
+		d = r;
 		if (d == vq->num) {
 			r = 0;
 			goto err;