diff --git a/sys/dev/virtio/mmio/virtio_mmio.c b/sys/dev/virtio/mmio/virtio_mmio.c
index 0414706fb990..a9c7b65741cd 100644
--- a/sys/dev/virtio/mmio/virtio_mmio.c
+++ b/sys/dev/virtio/mmio/virtio_mmio.c
@@ -491,8 +491,10 @@ vtmmio_alloc_virtqueues(device_t dev, int flags, int nvqs,
 	if (sc->vtmmio_vqs == NULL)
 		return (ENOMEM);
 
-	vtmmio_write_config_4(sc, VIRTIO_MMIO_GUEST_PAGE_SIZE,
-	    (1 << PAGE_SHIFT));
+	if (sc->vtmmio_version == 1) {
+		vtmmio_write_config_4(sc, VIRTIO_MMIO_GUEST_PAGE_SIZE,
+		    (1 << PAGE_SHIFT));
+	}
 
 	for (idx = 0; idx < nvqs; idx++) {
 		vqx = &sc->vtmmio_vqs[idx];
@@ -564,8 +566,10 @@ vtmmio_reinit(device_t dev, uint64_t features)
 
 	vtmmio_negotiate_features(dev, features);
 
-	vtmmio_write_config_4(sc, VIRTIO_MMIO_GUEST_PAGE_SIZE,
-	    (1 << PAGE_SHIFT));
+	if (sc->vtmmio_version == 1) {
+		vtmmio_write_config_4(sc, VIRTIO_MMIO_GUEST_PAGE_SIZE,
+		    (1 << PAGE_SHIFT));
+	}
 
 	for (idx = 0; idx < sc->vtmmio_nvqs; idx++) {
 		error = vtmmio_reinit_virtqueue(sc, idx);