diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index cc9c9dc1621eec3ea98182106e970cff656e32ad..5bd2a2f6217dffc2a5f4bbe990c1c6705364fa23 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -3286,6 +3286,12 @@ hwaddr virtio_queue_get_desc_addr(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n)
 
 bool virtio_queue_enabled(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n)
 {
+    BusState *qbus = qdev_get_parent_bus(DEVICE(vdev));
+    VirtioBusClass *k = VIRTIO_BUS_GET_CLASS(qbus);
+
+    if (k->queue_enabled) {
+        return k->queue_enabled(qbus->parent, n);
+    }
     return virtio_queue_get_desc_addr(vdev, n) != 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-bus.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-bus.h
index 38c9399cd45491618e0a0e3e8c65c14f2adf92a1..0f6f215925a81341dcced57bd45412f5e62863ae 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-bus.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-bus.h
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ typedef struct VirtioBusClass {
      */
     int (*ioeventfd_assign)(DeviceState *d, EventNotifier *notifier,
                             int n, bool assign);
+    /*
+     * Whether queue number n is enabled.
+     */
+    bool (*queue_enabled)(DeviceState *d, int n);
     /*
      * Does the transport have variable vring alignment?
      * (ie can it ever call virtio_queue_set_align()?)