diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index d0dc4645b5b3..bec008123ce8 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -910,7 +910,6 @@ static unsigned detach_buf_split_in_order(struct vring_virtqueue *vq,
 {
 	struct vring_desc_extra *extra;
 	unsigned int i;
-	__virtio16 nextflag = cpu_to_virtio16(vq->vq.vdev, VRING_DESC_F_NEXT);
 
 	/* Clear data ptr. */
 	vq->split.desc_state[head].data = NULL;
@@ -920,7 +919,7 @@ static unsigned detach_buf_split_in_order(struct vring_virtqueue *vq,
 	/* Put back on free list: unmap first-level descriptors and find end */
 	i = head;
 
-	while (vq->split.vring.desc[i].flags & nextflag) {
+	while (extra[i].flags & VRING_DESC_F_NEXT) {
 		i = vring_unmap_one_split(vq, &extra[i]);
 		vq->vq.num_free++;
 	}