diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c b/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c
index d07b30ed7f..7f621fb6dd 100644
--- a/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c
+++ b/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c
@@ -2318,7 +2318,7 @@ vhost_reserve_avail_batch_packed(struct virtio_net *dev,
 	}
 
 	vhost_for_each_try_unroll(i, 0, PACKED_BATCH_SIZE) {
-		pkts[i]->pkt_len = descs[avail_idx + i].len - buf_offset;
+		pkts[i]->pkt_len = lens[i] - buf_offset;
 		pkts[i]->data_len = pkts[i]->pkt_len;
 		ids[i] = descs[avail_idx + i].id;
 	}