diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index e442d400dbb2..deb72fd7ec50 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ size_t virtio_max_dma_size(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	size_t max_segment_size = SIZE_MAX;
 
 	if (vring_use_dma_api(vdev))
-		max_segment_size = dma_max_mapping_size(&vdev->dev);
+		max_segment_size = dma_max_mapping_size(vdev->dev.parent);
 
 	return max_segment_size;
 }