diff --git a/hw/virtio-blk.c b/hw/virtio-blk.c
index b80402d..267b16f 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-blk.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-blk.c
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ static int virtio_blk_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
        VirtIOBlockReq *req = virtio_blk_alloc_request(s);
        qemu_get_buffer(f, (unsigned char*)&req->elem, sizeof(req->elem));
        req->next = s->rq;
-        s->rq = req->next;
+        s->rq = req;
    }

    return 0;