1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost.c b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
index 85841019c0..c1b1aad6cf 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
@@ -808,11 +808,15 @@ static void vhost_virtqueue_cleanup(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
 }
 
 int vhost_dev_init(struct vhost_dev *hdev, void *opaque,
-                   bool force)
+                   VhostBackendType backend_type, bool force)
 {
     uint64_t features;
     int i, r;
 
+    if (vhost_set_backend_type(hdev, backend_type) < 0) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
     if (hdev->vhost_ops->vhost_backend_init(hdev, opaque) < 0) {
         return -errno;
     }