diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
index c97ea2544de4f7ba878fd0da2dd07286188f4422..f10620494bb60b4864b95739364c7847552a1ab3 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ static int vhost_user_set_log_base(struct vhost_dev *dev, uint64_t base,
         return ret;
     }
 
-    if (shmfd) {
+    if (shmfd && (dev->vq_index == 0)) {
         msg.hdr.size = 0;
         ret = vhost_user_read(dev, &msg);
         if (ret < 0) {