diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
index 38e580642fdda9baa3d00c3e554a72dd61b683b0..3d2321865b0c20e68d9c13179b4c5b5d233880a7 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
@@ -216,7 +216,9 @@ static int vhost_user_call(struct vhost_dev *dev, unsigned long int request,
     case VHOST_SET_MEM_TABLE:
         for (i = 0; i < dev->mem->nregions; ++i) {
             struct vhost_memory_region *reg = dev->mem->regions + i;
-            fd = qemu_get_ram_fd(reg->guest_phys_addr);
+            ram_addr_t ram_addr;
+            qemu_ram_addr_from_host((void *)reg->userspace_addr, &ram_addr);
+            fd = qemu_get_ram_fd(ram_addr);
             if (fd > 0) {
                 msg.memory.regions[fd_num].userspace_addr = reg->userspace_addr;
                 msg.memory.regions[fd_num].memory_size  = reg->memory_size;