diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
index 4f7c99dfd16cf..3f82b2f1e6ddc 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
@@ -731,6 +731,7 @@ static unsigned int features[] = {
 static struct virtio_driver virtio_vsock_driver = {
 	.feature_table = features,
 	.feature_table_size = ARRAY_SIZE(features),
+	.suppress_used_validation = true,
 	.driver.name = KBUILD_MODNAME,
 	.driver.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.id_table = id_table,