diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
index 29ed4173f04e6e2a7b1ed450823643c58da8c81d..79bc5fee7f50eb34479f5a91de10ec0d47507c2c 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
@@ -312,8 +312,10 @@ static long vhost_vdpa_get_vring_num(struct vhost_vdpa *v, u16 __user *argp)
 
 static void vhost_vdpa_config_put(struct vhost_vdpa *v)
 {
-	if (v->config_ctx)
+	if (v->config_ctx) {
 		eventfd_ctx_put(v->config_ctx);
+		v->config_ctx = NULL;
+	}
 }
 
 static long vhost_vdpa_set_config_call(struct vhost_vdpa *v, u32 __user *argp)