diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index eb30f3e09a4775b3f046ccc698f18a05210f17ad..71458f493cf864aa260e493c0ef5ddc4d6c78274 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -428,8 +428,6 @@ static inline int virtqueue_add(struct virtqueue *_vq,
 		i = virtio16_to_cpu(_vq->vdev, vq->vring.desc[i].next);
 	}
 
-	vq->vq.num_free += total_sg;
-
 	if (indirect)
 		kfree(desc);