diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index 8176c147e18860a53ebdcce3bdc54adc2989fb1d..01b05f37e177b38fb8da2f3e9d51aab8e8651348 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -667,6 +667,14 @@ hwaddr virtio_queue_get_addr(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n)
     return vdev->vq[n].pa;
 }
 
+void virtio_queue_set_num(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n, int num)
+{
+    if (num <= VIRTQUEUE_MAX_SIZE) {
+        vdev->vq[n].vring.num = num;
+        virtqueue_init(&vdev->vq[n]);
+    }
+}
+
 int virtio_queue_get_num(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n)
 {
     return vdev->vq[n].vring.num;
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
index 5d1d2be2955b5ad7ba82a797a2382d50e231aa32..65f378d19860ad5f6c61eda3b3cb0796a7bf3ca8 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ void virtio_config_writew(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint32_t addr, uint32_t data);
 void virtio_config_writel(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint32_t addr, uint32_t data);
 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);
 void virtio_queue_notify(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n);
 uint16_t virtio_queue_vector(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n);