diff --git a/hw/virtio/dataplane/vring.c b/hw/virtio/dataplane/vring.c
index 35891856ee..bed9b11c31 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/dataplane/vring.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/dataplane/vring.c
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ bool vring_should_notify(VirtIODevice *vdev, Vring *vring)
         return true;
     }
 
-    return vring_need_event(vring_used_event(&vring->vr), new, old);
+    return vring_need_event(virtio_tswap16(vdev, vring_used_event(&vring->vr)),
+                            new, old);
 }
 
 
@@ -407,7 +408,8 @@ int vring_pop(VirtIODevice *vdev, Vring *vring,
     /* On success, increment avail index. */
     vring->last_avail_idx++;
     if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_RING_F_EVENT_IDX)) {
-        vring_avail_event(&vring->vr) = vring->last_avail_idx;
+        vring_avail_event(&vring->vr) =
+            virtio_tswap16(vdev, vring->last_avail_idx);
     }
 
     return head;