diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
index dfdd8e4a8b08e08cf63e45951298480894926b3e..4fc768813c4ad2d5b035c1d0bafb60c6ae3c1878 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
@@ -308,8 +308,10 @@ static long vhost_vdpa_get_vring_num(struct vhost_vdpa *v, u16 __user *argp)
 
 static void vhost_vdpa_config_put(struct vhost_vdpa *v)
 {
-	if (v->config_ctx)
+	if (v->config_ctx) {
 		eventfd_ctx_put(v->config_ctx);
+		v->config_ctx = NULL;
+	}
 }
 
 static long vhost_vdpa_set_config_call(struct vhost_vdpa *v, u32 __user *argp)