diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.c
index a3e0688a89..d1aeb90a31 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static int worker_cb(void *opaque)
         err = 1;
     }
 
-    virtio_stw_p(req_data->vdev, &req_data->resp.ret, err);
+    virtio_stl_p(req_data->vdev, &req_data->resp.ret, err);
 
     return 0;
 }