diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
index 67898fa9c4477f053ddaaadc05431ae77b918b7a..ff6c91995c96ca25389e1249d80cb42e2402c6de 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -823,6 +823,9 @@ static long vhost_net_set_backend(struct vhost_net *n, unsigned index, int fd)
 		r = vhost_init_used(vq);
 		if (r)
 			goto err_vq;
+
+		n->tx_packets = 0;
+		n->tx_zcopy_err = 0;
 	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&vq->mutex);