diff --git a/tools/virtio/virtio_test.c b/tools/virtio/virtio_test.c
index cb3f29c09aff..23f142af544a 100644
--- a/tools/virtio/virtio_test.c
+++ b/tools/virtio/virtio_test.c
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ static void vdev_info_init(struct vdev_info* dev, unsigned long long features)
 	memset(dev, 0, sizeof *dev);
 	dev->vdev.features = features;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->vdev.vqs);
+	spin_lock_init(&dev->vdev.vqs_list_lock);
 	dev->buf_size = 1024;
 	dev->buf = malloc(dev->buf_size);
 	assert(dev->buf);