diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index 583a224163..98eb601b09 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -1505,7 +1505,7 @@ static void *virtqueue_alloc_element(size_t sz, unsigned out_num, unsigned in_nu
 
 static void *virtqueue_split_pop(VirtQueue *vq, size_t sz)
 {
-    unsigned int i, head, max;
+    unsigned int i, head, max, idx;
     VRingMemoryRegionCaches *caches;
     MemoryRegionCache indirect_desc_cache;
     MemoryRegionCache *desc_cache;
@@ -1629,6 +1629,13 @@ static void *virtqueue_split_pop(VirtQueue *vq, size_t sz)
         elem->in_sg[i] = iov[out_num + i];
     }
 
+    if (virtio_vdev_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_F_IN_ORDER)) {
+        idx = (vq->last_avail_idx - 1) % vq->vring.num;
+        vq->used_elems[idx].index = elem->index;
+        vq->used_elems[idx].len = elem->len;
+        vq->used_elems[idx].ndescs = elem->ndescs;
+    }
+
     vq->inuse++;
 
     trace_virtqueue_pop(vq, elem, elem->in_num, elem->out_num);
@@ -1762,6 +1769,13 @@ static void *virtqueue_packed_pop(VirtQueue *vq, size_t sz)
 
     elem->index = id;
     elem->ndescs = (desc_cache == &indirect_desc_cache) ? 1 : elem_entries;
+
+    if (virtio_vdev_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_F_IN_ORDER)) {
+        vq->used_elems[vq->last_avail_idx].index = elem->index;
+        vq->used_elems[vq->last_avail_idx].len = elem->len;
+        vq->used_elems[vq->last_avail_idx].ndescs = elem->ndescs;
+    }
+
     vq->last_avail_idx += elem->ndescs;
     vq->inuse += elem->ndescs;