diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index dd95dfd85e98..3035bb6f5458 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ static inline int virtqueue_add_split(struct virtqueue *_vq,
 	/* Last one doesn't continue. */
 	desc[prev].flags &= cpu_to_virtio16(_vq->vdev, ~VRING_DESC_F_NEXT);
 	if (!indirect && vq->use_dma_api)
-		vq->split.desc_extra[prev & (vq->split.vring.num - 1)].flags =
+		vq->split.desc_extra[prev & (vq->split.vring.num - 1)].flags &=
 			~VRING_DESC_F_NEXT;
 
 	if (indirect) {