diff --git a/dpdk b/dpdk
index 64f1ced13..9471c5971 160000
--- a/dpdk
+++ b/dpdk
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 64f1ced13f974e8b3d46b87c361a09eca68126f9
+Subproject commit 9471c5971d88e5bf3bcd0b0a78aa087c2ea74798
diff --git a/test/json_config/json_config.sh b/test/json_config/json_config.sh
index 687f5d8c3..a1165e80e 100755
--- a/test/json_config/json_config.sh
+++ b/test/json_config/json_config.sh
@@ -322,8 +322,7 @@ function create_nvmf_subsystem_config() {
 function create_virtio_initiator_config() {
 	timing_enter "${FUNCNAME[0]}"
 	initiator_rpc bdev_virtio_attach_controller -t user -a /var/tmp/VhostScsiCtrlr0 -d scsi VirtioScsiCtrlr0
-	# FIXME: Specifying --vq-count is workaround issue #1583.
-	initiator_rpc bdev_virtio_attach_controller -t user -a /var/tmp/VhostBlkCtrlr0 -d blk --vq-count 2 VirtioBlk0
+	initiator_rpc bdev_virtio_attach_controller -t user -a /var/tmp/VhostBlkCtrlr0 -d blk VirtioBlk0
 	# TODO: initiator_rpc bdev_virtio_attach_controller -t user -a /var/tmp/VhostNvmeCtrlr0 -d nvme VirtioNvme0
 	timing_exit "${FUNCNAME[0]}"
 }