diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index d7b8df3edffcf489fe356c582e7f0eb81a75dd25..74d135ee7e26a2338879a239fd454e098ead35f0 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -2092,11 +2092,6 @@ static int get_indirect(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 		return ret;
 	}
 	iov_iter_init(&from, READ, vq->indirect, ret, len);
-
-	/* We will use the result as an address to read from, so most
-	 * architectures only need a compiler barrier here. */
-	read_barrier_depends();
-
 	count = len / sizeof desc;
 	/* Buffers are chained via a 16 bit next field, so
 	 * we can have at most 2^16 of these. */