diff --git a/sys/dev/virtio/network/if_vtnet.c b/sys/dev/virtio/network/if_vtnet.c
index cf9e70921db0..129818ff0a06 100644
--- a/sys/dev/virtio/network/if_vtnet.c
+++ b/sys/dev/virtio/network/if_vtnet.c
@@ -2748,7 +2748,7 @@ vtnet_free_taskqueues(struct vtnet_softc *sc)
 		rxq = &sc->vtnet_rxqs[i];
 		if (rxq->vtnrx_tq != NULL) {
 			taskqueue_free(rxq->vtnrx_tq);
-			rxq->vtnrx_vq = NULL;
+			rxq->vtnrx_tq = NULL;
 		}
 
 		txq = &sc->vtnet_txqs[i];