diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost.c b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
index f51bf573d5..9d5850a7d7 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
@@ -342,6 +342,10 @@ static int vhost_verify_ring_mappings(struct vhost_dev *dev,
         "used ring"
     };
 
+    if (vhost_dev_has_iommu(dev)) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     for (i = 0; i < dev->nvqs; ++i) {
         struct vhost_virtqueue *vq = dev->vqs + i;