diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index eb30f3e09a47..71458f493cf8 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -428,8 +428,6 @@ unmap_release:
 		i = virtio16_to_cpu(_vq->vdev, vq->vring.desc[i].next);
 	}
 
-	vq->vq.num_free += total_sg;
-
 	if (indirect)
 		kfree(desc);