diff --git a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
index 6fb4d7ecfa19..b22adf03f584 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ vhost_scsi_ctl_handle_vq(struct vhost_scsi *vs, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		switch (v_req.type) {
+		switch (vhost32_to_cpu(vq, v_req.type)) {
 		case VIRTIO_SCSI_T_TMF:
 			vc.req = &v_req.tmf;
 			vc.req_size = sizeof(struct virtio_scsi_ctrl_tmf_req);