diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index 8357218ae691150c95d018f39c79f7bead0f7379..baffff703f1627d49e4d36ae96c387a74246ae69 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -2020,6 +2020,11 @@ void virtio_queue_set_last_avail_idx(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n, uint16_t idx)
     vdev->vq[n].shadow_avail_idx = idx;
 }
 
+void virtio_queue_update_used_idx(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n)
+{
+    vdev->vq[n].used_idx = vring_used_idx(&vdev->vq[n]);
+}
+
 void virtio_queue_invalidate_signalled_used(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n)
 {
     vdev->vq[n].signalled_used_valid = false;
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
index 5e4176f94c2716adeabaad281a79a5e9d6d975ef..e15c06489b21498db3d393eb491d1e125263032d 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ hwaddr virtio_queue_get_used_size(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n);
 uint16_t virtio_queue_get_last_avail_idx(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n);
 void virtio_queue_set_last_avail_idx(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n, uint16_t idx);
 void virtio_queue_invalidate_signalled_used(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n);
+void virtio_queue_update_used_idx(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n);
 VirtQueue *virtio_get_queue(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n);
 uint16_t virtio_get_queue_index(VirtQueue *vq);
 EventNotifier *virtio_queue_get_guest_notifier(VirtQueue *vq);