diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index 533af061d009e..a6f90e6e621b4 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -1932,6 +1932,22 @@ static int vring_alloc_state_extra_packed(struct vring_virtqueue_packed *vring_p
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
+static void virtqueue_vring_init_packed(struct vring_virtqueue_packed *vring_packed,
+					bool callback)
+{
+	vring_packed->next_avail_idx = 0;
+	vring_packed->avail_wrap_counter = 1;
+	vring_packed->event_flags_shadow = 0;
+	vring_packed->avail_used_flags = 1 << VRING_PACKED_DESC_F_AVAIL;
+
+	/* No callback?  Tell other side not to bother us. */
+	if (!callback) {
+		vring_packed->event_flags_shadow = VRING_PACKED_EVENT_FLAG_DISABLE;
+		vring_packed->vring.driver->flags =
+			cpu_to_le16(vring_packed->event_flags_shadow);
+	}
+}
+
 static struct virtqueue *vring_create_virtqueue_packed(
 	unsigned int index,
 	unsigned int num,
@@ -1986,11 +2002,6 @@ static struct virtqueue *vring_create_virtqueue_packed(
 
 	vq->packed.vring = vring_packed.vring;
 
-	vq->packed.next_avail_idx = 0;
-	vq->packed.avail_wrap_counter = 1;
-	vq->packed.event_flags_shadow = 0;
-	vq->packed.avail_used_flags = 1 << VRING_PACKED_DESC_F_AVAIL;
-
 	err = vring_alloc_state_extra_packed(&vring_packed);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_state_extra;
@@ -2001,12 +2012,7 @@ static struct virtqueue *vring_create_virtqueue_packed(
 	vq->packed.desc_state = vring_packed.desc_state;
 	vq->packed.desc_extra = vring_packed.desc_extra;
 
-	/* No callback?  Tell other side not to bother us. */
-	if (!callback) {
-		vq->packed.event_flags_shadow = VRING_PACKED_EVENT_FLAG_DISABLE;
-		vq->packed.vring.driver->flags =
-			cpu_to_le16(vq->packed.event_flags_shadow);
-	}
+	virtqueue_vring_init_packed(&vring_packed, !!callback);
 
 	virtqueue_init(vq, num);