diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user/virtio-net-user.c b/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user/virtio-net-user.c
index 99da029dd5..2934d1c063 100644
--- a/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user/virtio-net-user.c
+++ b/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user/virtio-net-user.c
@@ -323,7 +323,6 @@ user_set_vring_enable(struct vhost_device_ctx ctx,
 		      struct vhost_vring_state *state)
 {
 	struct virtio_net *dev = get_device(ctx);
-	uint16_t base_idx = state->index;
 	int enable = (int)state->num;
 
 	RTE_LOG(INFO, VHOST_CONFIG,
@@ -331,12 +330,10 @@ user_set_vring_enable(struct vhost_device_ctx ctx,
 		enable, state->index);
 
 	if (notify_ops->vring_state_changed) {
-		notify_ops->vring_state_changed(dev, base_idx / VIRTIO_QNUM,
-						enable);
+		notify_ops->vring_state_changed(dev, state->index, enable);
 	}
 
-	dev->virtqueue[base_idx + VIRTIO_RXQ]->enabled = enable;
-	dev->virtqueue[base_idx + VIRTIO_TXQ]->enabled = enable;
+	dev->virtqueue[state->index]->enabled = enable;
 
 	return 0;
 }