diff --git a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
index f3f678289423..e305071eb7b8 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
@@ -501,8 +501,8 @@ req_retry_pinned:
 
 	if (in_pages) {
 		sgs[out_sgs + in_sgs++] = chan->sg + out + in;
-		in += pack_sg_list_p(chan->sg, out + in, VIRTQUEUE_NUM,
-				     in_pages, in_nr_pages, offs, inlen);
+		pack_sg_list_p(chan->sg, out + in, VIRTQUEUE_NUM,
+			       in_pages, in_nr_pages, offs, inlen);
 	}
 
 	BUG_ON(out_sgs + in_sgs > ARRAY_SIZE(sgs));