diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index 067b68168f93..b541d861475e 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -2125,7 +2125,7 @@ bool virtqueue_enable_cb_delayed(struct virtqueue *_vq)
 	struct vring_virtqueue *vq = to_vvq(_vq);
 
 	if (vq->event_triggered)
-		vq->event_triggered = false;
+		data_race(vq->event_triggered = false);
 
 	return vq->packed_ring ? virtqueue_enable_cb_delayed_packed(_vq) :
 				 virtqueue_enable_cb_delayed_split(_vq);