diff --git a/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-tmfifo.c b/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-tmfifo.c
index 39828eb84e0ba..1015948ef43eb 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-tmfifo.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-tmfifo.c
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ static int mlxbf_tmfifo_alloc_vrings(struct mlxbf_tmfifo *fifo,
 		vring->align = SMP_CACHE_BYTES;
 		vring->index = i;
 		vring->vdev_id = tm_vdev->vdev.id.device;
-		vring->drop_desc.len = VRING_DROP_DESC_MAX_LEN;
+		vring->drop_desc.len = cpu_to_virtio32(&tm_vdev->vdev,
+						       VRING_DROP_DESC_MAX_LEN);
 		dev = &tm_vdev->vdev.dev;
 
 		size = vring_size(vring->num, vring->align);