diff --git a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
index 07650683f703f05825125c6d71bb7753f9fec729..63c46373fbb458bbed6dd39ab31102e4fb7b6986 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static int virtio_ccw_set_vqs(SubchDev *sch, VqInfoBlock *info,
     } else {
         if (info) {
             /* virtio-1 allows changing the ring size. */
-            if (virtio_queue_get_num(vdev, index) < num) {
+            if (virtio_queue_get_max_num(vdev, index) < num) {
                 /* Fail if we exceed the maximum number. */
                 return -EINVAL;
             }
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index aa4f38f50a4d9c1368f3471cb466e15d6d9612a7..94d7dbae6c58fee050b0078b5b0d143c9a996ac6 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -1262,6 +1262,11 @@ int virtio_queue_get_num(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n)
     return vdev->vq[n].vring.num;
 }
 
+int virtio_queue_get_max_num(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n)
+{
+    return vdev->vq[n].vring.num_default;
+}
+
 int virtio_get_num_queues(VirtIODevice *vdev)
 {
     int i;
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
index e5541c61f770b1a668f0f2483f026f7a84b92c80..6523bacd2f6ff30c644f0e131c87b32302b6e92e 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ void virtio_queue_set_addr(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n, hwaddr addr);
 hwaddr virtio_queue_get_addr(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n);
 void virtio_queue_set_num(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n, int num);
 int virtio_queue_get_num(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n);
+int virtio_queue_get_max_num(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n);
 int virtio_get_num_queues(VirtIODevice *vdev);
 void virtio_queue_set_rings(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n, hwaddr desc,
                             hwaddr avail, hwaddr used);