static int setup_virtqueues(struct mlx5_vdpa_dev *mvdev)
 {
        struct mlx5_vdpa_net *ndev = to_mlx5_vdpa_ndev(mvdev);
-       struct mlx5_control_vq *cvq = &mvdev->cvq;
        int err;
        int i;
 
                        goto err_vq;
        }
 
-       if (mvdev->actual_features & BIT_ULL(VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ)) {
-               err = vringh_init_iotlb(&cvq->vring, mvdev->actual_features,
-                                       MLX5_CVQ_MAX_ENT, false,
-                                       (struct vring_desc *)(uintptr_t)cvq->desc_addr,
-                                       (struct vring_avail *)(uintptr_t)cvq->driver_addr,
-                                       (struct vring_used *)(uintptr_t)cvq->device_addr);
-               if (err)
-                       goto err_vq;
-       }
-
        return 0;
 
 err_vq:
        ndev->mvdev.cvq.ready = false;
 }
 
+static int setup_cvq_vring(struct mlx5_vdpa_dev *mvdev)
+{
+       struct mlx5_control_vq *cvq = &mvdev->cvq;
+       int err = 0;
+
+       if (mvdev->actual_features & BIT_ULL(VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ))
+               err = vringh_init_iotlb(&cvq->vring, mvdev->actual_features,
+                                       MLX5_CVQ_MAX_ENT, false,
+                                       (struct vring_desc *)(uintptr_t)cvq->desc_addr,
+                                       (struct vring_avail *)(uintptr_t)cvq->driver_addr,
+                                       (struct vring_used *)(uintptr_t)cvq->device_addr);
+
+       return err;
+}
+
 static void mlx5_vdpa_set_status(struct vdpa_device *vdev, u8 status)
 {
        struct mlx5_vdpa_dev *mvdev = to_mvdev(vdev);
 
        if ((status ^ ndev->mvdev.status) & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER_OK) {
                if (status & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER_OK) {
+                       err = setup_cvq_vring(mvdev);
+                       if (err) {
+                               mlx5_vdpa_warn(mvdev, "failed to setup control VQ vring\n");
+                               goto err_setup;
+                       }
                        err = setup_driver(mvdev);
                        if (err) {
                                mlx5_vdpa_warn(mvdev, "failed to setup driver\n");