diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
index 1b6d46b86f810b822cee4dceb966f7871641861f..789c078ff1afc51a8fa52cef3535fef7b7735354 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
@@ -1962,6 +1962,8 @@ static void mlx5_vdpa_set_vq_cb(struct vdpa_device *vdev, u16 idx, struct vdpa_c
 	struct mlx5_vdpa_net *ndev = to_mlx5_vdpa_ndev(mvdev);
 
 	ndev->event_cbs[idx] = *cb;
+	if (is_ctrl_vq_idx(mvdev, idx))
+		mvdev->cvq.event_cb = *cb;
 }
 
 static void mlx5_cvq_notify(struct vringh *vring)