diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
index 108cd63289..5cfa9d5d27 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
@@ -659,7 +659,8 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_set_backend_cap(struct vhost_dev *dev)
     uint64_t features;
     uint64_t f = 0x1ULL << VHOST_BACKEND_F_IOTLB_MSG_V2 |
         0x1ULL << VHOST_BACKEND_F_IOTLB_BATCH |
-        0x1ULL << VHOST_BACKEND_F_IOTLB_ASID;
+        0x1ULL << VHOST_BACKEND_F_IOTLB_ASID |
+        0x1ULL << VHOST_BACKEND_F_SUSPEND;
     int r;
 
     if (vhost_vdpa_call(dev, VHOST_GET_BACKEND_FEATURES, &features)) {