diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c
index f915c7bd736b2bfa6e6ca48908cf7e7af025b458..78bc14fc85e267052b59e4a45aa840d5129411b8 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ static void virtio_balloon_set_config(VirtIODevice *vdev,
 
 static uint64_t virtio_balloon_get_features(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint64_t f)
 {
-    f |= (1 << VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_STATS_VQ);
+    virtio_add_feature(&f, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_STATS_VQ);
     return f;
 }