diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_kernel.c b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_kernel.c
index 2f1b4840ee..1805aee7f7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_kernel.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_kernel.c

@@ -259,11 +259,44 @@ vhost_kernel_get_vring_base(struct virtio_user_dev *dev, struct vhost_vring_stat
        return vhost_kernel_set_vring(dev, VHOST_GET_VRING_BASE, state);
 }

+static int
+vhost_kernel_set_vring_file(struct virtio_user_dev *dev, uint64_t req,
+               struct vhost_vring_file *file)
+{
+       int ret, fd;
+       uint32_t index = file->index;
+
+       /* Convert from queue index to queue-pair & offset */
+       fd = dev->vhostfds[file->index / 2];
+       file->index %= 2;
+
+       ret = vhost_kernel_ioctl(fd, req, file);
+       if (ret < 0) {
+               PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Failed to set vring file (request %lu)", req);