diff --git a/net/vhost-vdpa.c b/net/vhost-vdpa.c
index cda6099ceb..07b616af51 100644
--- a/net/vhost-vdpa.c
+++ b/net/vhost-vdpa.c
@@ -1272,8 +1272,7 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_probe_cvq_isolation(int device_fd, uint64_t features,
     uint64_t backend_features;
     int64_t cvq_group;
     uint8_t status = VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_ACKNOWLEDGE |
-                     VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER |
-                     VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_FEATURES_OK;
+                     VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER;
     int r;
 
     ERRP_GUARD();
@@ -1288,15 +1287,22 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_probe_cvq_isolation(int device_fd, uint64_t features,
         return 0;
     }
 
-    r = ioctl(device_fd, VHOST_SET_FEATURES, &features);
+    r = ioctl(device_fd, VHOST_VDPA_SET_STATUS, &status);
     if (unlikely(r)) {
-        error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Cannot set features");
+        error_setg_errno(errp, -r, "Cannot set device status");
         goto out;
     }
 
+    r = ioctl(device_fd, VHOST_SET_FEATURES, &features);
+    if (unlikely(r)) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, -r, "Cannot set features");
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    status |= VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_FEATURES_OK;
     r = ioctl(device_fd, VHOST_VDPA_SET_STATUS, &status);
     if (unlikely(r)) {
-        error_setg_errno(errp, -r, "Cannot set status");
+        error_setg_errno(errp, -r, "Cannot set device status");
         goto out;
     }