diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c
index 5bb833e0f8..029a147ee1 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c
@@ -194,14 +194,14 @@ vfio_disable_intx(const struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle) {
 	irq_set = (struct vfio_irq_set *) irq_set_buf;
 	irq_set->argsz = len;
 	irq_set->count = 1;
-	irq_set->flags = VFIO_IRQ_SET_DATA_NONE | VFIO_IRQ_SET_ACTION_UNMASK;
+	irq_set->flags = VFIO_IRQ_SET_DATA_NONE | VFIO_IRQ_SET_ACTION_MASK;
 	irq_set->index = VFIO_PCI_INTX_IRQ_INDEX;
 	irq_set->start = 0;
 
 	ret = ioctl(intr_handle->vfio_dev_fd, VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS, irq_set);
 
 	if (ret) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Error unmasking INTx interrupts for fd %d\n",
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Error masking INTx interrupts for fd %d\n",
 						intr_handle->fd);
 		return -1;
 	}