diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index afe7e21dd0ae8a7dce4db7ee1a480ce931c42247..1475ed6b575fd7a9984380b9e0841ac5f019a306 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ int virtqueue_add_buf_gfp(struct virtqueue *_vq,
 			  gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	struct vring_virtqueue *vq = to_vvq(_vq);
-	unsigned int i, avail, head, uninitialized_var(prev);
+	unsigned int i, avail, uninitialized_var(prev);
+	int head;
 
 	START_USE(vq);
 
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ int virtqueue_add_buf_gfp(struct virtqueue *_vq,
 	 * buffers, then go indirect. FIXME: tune this threshold */
 	if (vq->indirect && (out + in) > 1 && vq->num_free) {
 		head = vring_add_indirect(vq, sg, out, in, gfp);
-		if (head != vq->vring.num)
+		if (likely(head >= 0))
 			goto add_head;
 	}