diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
index 2a31467f7ac5..b1230fa2f5d1 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
@@ -753,12 +753,12 @@ static int get_queue_type(struct mlx5_vdpa_net *ndev)
 	type_mask = MLX5_CAP_DEV_VDPA_EMULATION(ndev->mvdev.mdev, virtio_queue_type);
 
 	/* prefer split queue */
-	if (type_mask & MLX5_VIRTIO_EMULATION_CAP_VIRTIO_QUEUE_TYPE_PACKED)
-		return MLX5_VIRTIO_EMULATION_VIRTIO_QUEUE_TYPE_PACKED;
+	if (type_mask & MLX5_VIRTIO_EMULATION_CAP_VIRTIO_QUEUE_TYPE_SPLIT)
+		return MLX5_VIRTIO_EMULATION_VIRTIO_QUEUE_TYPE_SPLIT;
 
-	WARN_ON(!(type_mask & MLX5_VIRTIO_EMULATION_CAP_VIRTIO_QUEUE_TYPE_SPLIT));
+	WARN_ON(!(type_mask & MLX5_VIRTIO_EMULATION_CAP_VIRTIO_QUEUE_TYPE_PACKED));
 
-	return MLX5_VIRTIO_EMULATION_VIRTIO_QUEUE_TYPE_SPLIT;
+	return MLX5_VIRTIO_EMULATION_VIRTIO_QUEUE_TYPE_PACKED;
 }
 
 static bool vq_is_tx(u16 idx)
@@ -2030,6 +2030,12 @@ static int mlx5_vdpa_dev_add(struct vdpa_mgmt_dev *v_mdev, const char *name)
 		return -ENOSPC;
 
 	mdev = mgtdev->madev->mdev;
+	if (!(MLX5_CAP_DEV_VDPA_EMULATION(mdev, virtio_queue_type) &
+	    MLX5_VIRTIO_EMULATION_CAP_VIRTIO_QUEUE_TYPE_SPLIT)) {
+		dev_warn(mdev->device, "missing support for split virtqueues\n");
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
+
 	/* we save one virtqueue for control virtqueue should we require it */
 	max_vqs = MLX5_CAP_DEV_VDPA_EMULATION(mdev, max_num_virtio_queues);
 	max_vqs = min_t(u32, max_vqs, MLX5_MAX_SUPPORTED_VQS);
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/mlx5_ifc_vdpa.h b/include/linux/mlx5/mlx5_ifc_vdpa.h
index 98b56b75c625..1a9c9d94cb59 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/mlx5_ifc_vdpa.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/mlx5_ifc_vdpa.h
@@ -11,13 +11,15 @@ enum {
 };
 
 enum {
-	MLX5_VIRTIO_EMULATION_CAP_VIRTIO_QUEUE_TYPE_SPLIT   = 0x1, // do I check this caps?
-	MLX5_VIRTIO_EMULATION_CAP_VIRTIO_QUEUE_TYPE_PACKED  = 0x2,
+	MLX5_VIRTIO_EMULATION_VIRTIO_QUEUE_TYPE_SPLIT   = 0,
+	MLX5_VIRTIO_EMULATION_VIRTIO_QUEUE_TYPE_PACKED  = 1,
 };
 
 enum {
-	MLX5_VIRTIO_EMULATION_VIRTIO_QUEUE_TYPE_SPLIT   = 0,
-	MLX5_VIRTIO_EMULATION_VIRTIO_QUEUE_TYPE_PACKED  = 1,
+	MLX5_VIRTIO_EMULATION_CAP_VIRTIO_QUEUE_TYPE_SPLIT =
+		BIT(MLX5_VIRTIO_EMULATION_VIRTIO_QUEUE_TYPE_SPLIT),
+	MLX5_VIRTIO_EMULATION_CAP_VIRTIO_QUEUE_TYPE_PACKED =
+		BIT(MLX5_VIRTIO_EMULATION_VIRTIO_QUEUE_TYPE_PACKED),
 };
 
 struct mlx5_ifc_virtio_q_bits {