return true;
 }
 
+static __rte_always_inline void
+restore_mbuf(struct rte_mbuf *m)
+{
+       uint32_t mbuf_size, priv_size;
+
+       while (m) {
+               priv_size = rte_pktmbuf_priv_size(m->pool);
+               mbuf_size = sizeof(struct rte_mbuf) + priv_size;
+               /* start of buffer is after mbuf structure and priv data */
+
+               m->buf_addr = (char *)m + mbuf_size;
+               m->buf_iova = rte_mempool_virt2iova(m) + mbuf_size;
+               m = m->next;
+       }
+}
+
 uint16_t
 rte_vhost_dequeue_burst(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
        struct rte_mempool *mbuf_pool, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t count)
                                nr_updated += 1;
 
                                TAILQ_REMOVE(&vq->zmbuf_list, zmbuf, next);
+                               restore_mbuf(zmbuf->mbuf);
                                rte_pktmbuf_free(zmbuf->mbuf);
                                put_zmbuf(zmbuf);
                                vq->nr_zmbuf -= 1;