diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index c2fa5c6308133e5bd9c4e4c39e4a6c0b9b8b7c4b..937a49d6772cc5271d22ef48cb14df6bf56c07f7 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ static void *vring_get_buf(struct virtqueue *_vq, unsigned int *len)
 
 	START_USE(vq);
 
+	if (unlikely(vq->broken)) {
+		END_USE(vq);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	if (!more_used(vq)) {
 		pr_debug("No more buffers in queue\n");
 		END_USE(vq);