diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index 384c8f0f08..b7da7f074d 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -3451,6 +3451,39 @@ static int virtio_set_features_nocheck(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint64_t val)
     return bad ? -1 : 0;
 }
 
+typedef struct VirtioSetFeaturesNocheckData {
+    Coroutine *co;
+    VirtIODevice *vdev;
+    uint64_t val;
+    int ret;
+} VirtioSetFeaturesNocheckData;
+
+static void virtio_set_features_nocheck_bh(void *opaque)
+{
+    VirtioSetFeaturesNocheckData *data = opaque;
+
+    data->ret = virtio_set_features_nocheck(data->vdev, data->val);
+    aio_co_wake(data->co);
+}
+
+static int
+virtio_set_features_nocheck_maybe_co(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint64_t val)
+{
+    if (qemu_in_coroutine()) {
+        VirtioSetFeaturesNocheckData data = {
+            .co = qemu_coroutine_self(),
+            .vdev = vdev,
+            .val = val,
+        };
+        aio_bh_schedule_oneshot(qemu_get_current_aio_context(),
+                                virtio_set_features_nocheck_bh, &data);
+        qemu_coroutine_yield();
+        return data.ret;
+    } else {
+        return virtio_set_features_nocheck(vdev, val);
+    }
+}
+
 int virtio_set_features(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint64_t val)
 {
     int ret;
@@ -3621,14 +3654,14 @@ int virtio_load(VirtIODevice *vdev, QEMUFile *f, int version_id)
          * host_features.
          */
         uint64_t features64 = vdev->guest_features;
-        if (virtio_set_features_nocheck(vdev, features64) < 0) {
+        if (virtio_set_features_nocheck_maybe_co(vdev, features64) < 0) {
             error_report("Features 0x%" PRIx64 " unsupported. "
                          "Allowed features: 0x%" PRIx64,
                          features64, vdev->host_features);
             return -1;
         }
     } else {
-        if (virtio_set_features_nocheck(vdev, features) < 0) {
+        if (virtio_set_features_nocheck_maybe_co(vdev, features) < 0) {
             error_report("Features 0x%x unsupported. "
                          "Allowed features: 0x%" PRIx64,
                          features, vdev->host_features);