diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
index fdd175730d32..61d11e7317ac 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
@@ -100,11 +100,9 @@ static void vhost_vdpa_setup_vq_irq(struct vhost_vdpa *v, u16 qid)
 	if (irq < 0)
 		return;
 
-	irq_bypass_unregister_producer(&vq->call_ctx.producer);
 	if (!vq->call_ctx.ctx)
 		return;
 
-	vq->call_ctx.producer.token = vq->call_ctx.ctx;
 	vq->call_ctx.producer.irq = irq;
 	ret = irq_bypass_register_producer(&vq->call_ctx.producer);
 	if (unlikely(ret))
@@ -397,6 +395,14 @@ static long vhost_vdpa_vring_ioctl(struct vhost_vdpa *v, unsigned int cmd,
 
 		vq->last_avail_idx = vq_state.avail_index;
 		break;
+	case VHOST_SET_VRING_CALL:
+		if (vq->call_ctx.ctx) {
+			if (ops->get_status(vdpa) &
+			    VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER_OK)
+				vhost_vdpa_unsetup_vq_irq(v, idx);
+			vq->call_ctx.producer.token = NULL;
+		}
+		break;
 	}
 
 	r = vhost_vring_ioctl(&v->vdev, cmd, argp);
@@ -423,13 +429,16 @@ static long vhost_vdpa_vring_ioctl(struct vhost_vdpa *v, unsigned int cmd,
 			cb.callback = vhost_vdpa_virtqueue_cb;
 			cb.private = vq;
 			cb.trigger = vq->call_ctx.ctx;
+			vq->call_ctx.producer.token = vq->call_ctx.ctx;
+			if (ops->get_status(vdpa) &
+			    VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER_OK)
+				vhost_vdpa_setup_vq_irq(v, idx);
 		} else {
 			cb.callback = NULL;
 			cb.private = NULL;
 			cb.trigger = NULL;
 		}
 		ops->set_vq_cb(vdpa, idx, &cb);
-		vhost_vdpa_setup_vq_irq(v, idx);
 		break;
 
 	case VHOST_SET_VRING_NUM:
@@ -890,6 +899,7 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filep)
 	for (i = 0; i < nvqs; i++) {
 		vqs[i] = &v->vqs[i];
 		vqs[i]->handle_kick = handle_vq_kick;
+		vqs[i]->call_ctx.ctx = NULL;
 	}
 	vhost_dev_init(dev, vqs, nvqs, 0, 0, 0, false,
 		       vhost_vdpa_process_iotlb_msg);