diff --git a/drivers/iommu/virtio-iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/virtio-iommu.c
index 587fc13197f1..fa72ae23b8af 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/virtio-iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/virtio-iommu.c
@@ -1227,12 +1227,12 @@ static int viommu_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	/* Populate the event queue with buffers */
 	ret = viommu_fill_evtq(viommu);
 	if (ret)
-		goto err_free_vqs;
+		goto err_reset_vdev;
 
 	ret = iommu_device_sysfs_add(&viommu->iommu, dev, NULL, "%s",
 				     virtio_bus_name(vdev));
 	if (ret)
-		goto err_free_vqs;
+		goto err_reset_vdev;
 
 	vdev->priv = viommu;
 
@@ -1244,6 +1244,8 @@ static int viommu_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 
 	return 0;
 
+err_reset_vdev:
+	virtio_reset_device(vdev);
 err_free_vqs:
 	vdev->config->del_vqs(vdev);