diff --git a/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_perf.c b/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_perf.c
index 6bdc1e7b7503cc7a1bff2bb649373de9851f3a84..f798beb01ac638e01a64027bae4ad4e7263f9c04 100644
--- a/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_perf.c
+++ b/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_perf.c
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ static int perf_set_mw(struct perf_ctx *perf, resource_size_t size)
 {
 	struct perf_mw *mw = &perf->mw;
 	size_t xlat_size, buf_size;
+	int rc;
 
 	if (!size)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -448,6 +449,13 @@ static int perf_set_mw(struct perf_ctx *perf, resource_size_t size)
 		mw->buf_size = 0;
 	}
 
+	rc = ntb_mw_set_trans(perf->ntb, 0, mw->dma_addr, mw->xlat_size);
+	if (rc) {
+		dev_err(&perf->ntb->dev, "Unable to set mw0 translation\n");
+		perf_free_mw(perf);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }