diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index 489bfc61cf30001626307f4e2f936d2e65cdeb73..d2863c321e93e00fc896ba529bd6a8c6f0ed6acb 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ static inline int virtqueue_add(struct virtqueue *_vq,
 		if (i == err_idx)
 			break;
 		vring_unmap_one(vq, &desc[i]);
-		i = vq->vring.desc[i].next;
+		i = virtio16_to_cpu(_vq->vdev, vq->vring.desc[i].next);
 	}
 
 	vq->vq.num_free += total_sg;
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtqueue_kick);
 static void detach_buf(struct vring_virtqueue *vq, unsigned int head)
 {
 	unsigned int i, j;
-	u16 nextflag = cpu_to_virtio16(vq->vq.vdev, VRING_DESC_F_NEXT);
+	__virtio16 nextflag = cpu_to_virtio16(vq->vq.vdev, VRING_DESC_F_NEXT);
 
 	/* Clear data ptr. */
 	vq->desc_state[head].data = NULL;