diff --git a/hw/virtio/dataplane/vring.c b/hw/virtio/dataplane/vring.c
index 372706a234e53462ae3aab85ac0f56b452df0567..61f6d83686edd013ab2e4fd9fdcbf7cb6c97358e 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/dataplane/vring.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/dataplane/vring.c
@@ -352,10 +352,6 @@ int vring_pop(VirtIODevice *vdev, Vring *vring,
         goto out;
     }
 
-    if (vdev->guest_features & (1 << VIRTIO_RING_F_EVENT_IDX)) {
-        vring_avail_event(&vring->vr) = vring->vr.avail->idx;
-    }
-
     i = head;
     do {
         if (unlikely(i >= num)) {
@@ -392,6 +388,10 @@ int vring_pop(VirtIODevice *vdev, Vring *vring,
 
     /* On success, increment avail index. */
     vring->last_avail_idx++;
+    if (vdev->guest_features & (1 << VIRTIO_RING_F_EVENT_IDX)) {
+        vring_avail_event(&vring->vr) = vring->last_avail_idx;
+    }
+
     return head;
 
 out:
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index 2c236bf271bcf1790960fa982e40c5c62d8d10bd..013979a6b82fd0501f274bcc9fd6be86a5b96b05 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ int virtqueue_pop(VirtQueue *vq, VirtQueueElement *elem)
 
     i = head = virtqueue_get_head(vq, vq->last_avail_idx++);
     if (vdev->guest_features & (1 << VIRTIO_RING_F_EVENT_IDX)) {
-        vring_avail_event(vq, vring_avail_idx(vq));
+        vring_avail_event(vq, vq->last_avail_idx);
     }
 
     if (vring_desc_flags(vdev, desc_pa, i) & VRING_DESC_F_INDIRECT) {