diff --git a/lib/virtio/virtio_user.c b/lib/virtio/virtio_user.c
index 80c6f0c13..6e30bcef0 100644
--- a/lib/virtio/virtio_user.c
+++ b/lib/virtio/virtio_user.c
@@ -357,7 +357,6 @@ virtio_user_setup_queue(struct virtio_dev *vdev, struct virtqueue *vq)
 	struct vhost_vring_state state;
 	uint16_t queue_idx = vq->vq_queue_index;
 	void *queue_mem;
-	uint64_t queue_mem_phys_addr;
 	uint64_t desc_addr, avail_addr, used_addr;
 	int callfd;
 	int kickfd;
@@ -367,12 +366,12 @@ virtio_user_setup_queue(struct virtio_dev *vdev, struct virtqueue *vq)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	queue_mem = spdk_dma_zmalloc(vq->vq_ring_size, VIRTIO_PCI_VRING_ALIGN, &queue_mem_phys_addr);
+	queue_mem = spdk_dma_zmalloc(vq->vq_ring_size, VIRTIO_PCI_VRING_ALIGN, NULL);
 	if (queue_mem == NULL) {
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	vq->vq_ring_mem = queue_mem_phys_addr;
+	vq->vq_ring_mem = SPDK_VTOPHYS_ERROR;
 	vq->vq_ring_virt_mem = queue_mem;
 
 	/* May use invalid flag, but some backend uses kickfd and