1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index 78428a863b46..5aa43c3392a2 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -308,9 +308,9 @@ bool virtqueue_kick_prepare(struct virtqueue *_vq)
         bool needs_kick;
 
         START_USE(vq);
-        /* Descriptors and available array need to be set before we expose the
-         * new available array entries. */
-        virtio_wmb(vq);
+        /* We need to expose available array entries before checking avail
+         * event. */
+        virtio_mb(vq);
 
         old = vq->vring.avail->idx - vq->num_added;
         new = vq->vring.avail->idx;