diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c
index 515ccf870d..8361e70d1b 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c
@@ -694,13 +694,17 @@ void vhost_svq_stop(VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq)
         g_autofree VirtQueueElement *elem = NULL;
         elem = g_steal_pointer(&svq->desc_state[i].elem);
         if (elem) {
-            virtqueue_detach_element(svq->vq, elem, 0);
+            /*
+             * TODO: This is ok for networking, but other kinds of devices
+             * might have problems with just unpop these.
+             */
+            virtqueue_unpop(svq->vq, elem, 0);
         }
     }
 
     next_avail_elem = g_steal_pointer(&svq->next_guest_avail_elem);
     if (next_avail_elem) {
-        virtqueue_detach_element(svq->vq, next_avail_elem, 0);
+        virtqueue_unpop(svq->vq, next_avail_elem, 0);
     }
     svq->vq = NULL;
     g_free(svq->desc_next);
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
index 5cfa9d5d27..1550b1e26a 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
@@ -1170,18 +1170,7 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_set_vring_base(struct vhost_dev *dev,
                                        struct vhost_vring_state *ring)
 {
     struct vhost_vdpa *v = dev->opaque;
-    VirtQueue *vq = virtio_get_queue(dev->vdev, ring->index);
 
-    /*
-     * vhost-vdpa devices does not support in-flight requests. Set all of them
-     * as available.
-     *
-     * TODO: This is ok for networking, but other kinds of devices might
-     * have problems with these retransmissions.
-     */
-    while (virtqueue_rewind(vq, 1)) {
-        continue;
-    }
     if (v->shadow_vqs_enabled) {
         /*
          * Device vring base was set at device start. SVQ base is handled by