diff --git a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
index 087ce17b0c3971217ed603b1d9d2dd857539b47b..5e298d9287f1c6dece8471eb38d13daf574ec894 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ vhost_scsi_handle_vq(struct vhost_scsi *vs, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
 	u64 tag;
 	u32 exp_data_len, data_direction;
 	unsigned int out = 0, in = 0;
-	int head, ret, prot_bytes;
+	int head, ret, prot_bytes, c = 0;
 	size_t req_size, rsp_size = sizeof(struct virtio_scsi_cmd_resp);
 	size_t out_size, in_size;
 	u16 lun;
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ vhost_scsi_handle_vq(struct vhost_scsi *vs, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
 
 	vhost_disable_notify(&vs->dev, vq);
 
-	for (;;) {
+	do {
 		head = vhost_get_vq_desc(vq, vq->iov,
 					 ARRAY_SIZE(vq->iov), &out, &in,
 					 NULL, NULL);
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ vhost_scsi_handle_vq(struct vhost_scsi *vs, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
 		 */
 		INIT_WORK(&cmd->work, vhost_scsi_submission_work);
 		queue_work(vhost_scsi_workqueue, &cmd->work);
-	}
+	} while (likely(!vhost_exceeds_weight(vq, ++c, 0)));
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&vq->mutex);
 }