diff --git a/tools/virtio/ringtest/ptr_ring.c b/tools/virtio/ringtest/ptr_ring.c
index e6e81305ef469559ffde4013535be10019c30da4..477899c12c5138d8c5d334946eb6fd17af56e09c 100644
--- a/tools/virtio/ringtest/ptr_ring.c
+++ b/tools/virtio/ringtest/ptr_ring.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ bool enable_kick()
 
 bool avail_empty()
 {
-	return !__ptr_ring_peek(&array);
+	return __ptr_ring_empty(&array);
 }
 
 bool use_buf(unsigned *lenp, void **bufp)