diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c
index fc5f408..3b2beae 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c
@@ -526,10 +526,10 @@
 size_t vhost_svq_poll(VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq, size_t num)
 {
     size_t len = 0;
-    uint32_t r;
 
     while (num--) {
         int64_t start_us = g_get_monotonic_time();
+        uint32_t r = 0;
 
         do {
             if (vhost_svq_more_used(svq)) {