diff --git a/hw/virtio-blk.c b/hw/virtio-blk.c
index 75878ebe3c..0bf929aba9 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-blk.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-blk.c
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ static int virtio_blk_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
         VirtIOBlockReq *req = virtio_blk_alloc_request(s);
         qemu_get_buffer(f, (unsigned char*)&req->elem, sizeof(req->elem));
         req->next = s->rq;
-        s->rq = req->next;
+        s->rq = req;
     }
 
     return 0;