diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index 6228b48d1e12..df7980aef927 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -828,6 +828,9 @@ bool virtqueue_poll(struct virtqueue *_vq, unsigned last_used_idx)
 {
 	struct vring_virtqueue *vq = to_vvq(_vq);
 
+	if (unlikely(vq->broken))
+		return false;
+
 	virtio_mb(vq->weak_barriers);
 	return (u16)last_used_idx != virtio16_to_cpu(_vq->vdev, vq->vring.used->idx);
 }