diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
index 2e0b8c5bec8d..51b2485e874f 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ static int query_virtqueues(struct mlx5_vdpa_net *ndev,
 		int vq_idx = start_vq + i;
 
 		if (cmd->err) {
-			mlx5_vdpa_err(mvdev, "query vq %d failed, err: %d\n", vq_idx, err);
+			mlx5_vdpa_err(mvdev, "query vq %d failed, err: %d\n", vq_idx, cmd->err);
 			if (!err)
 				err = cmd->err;
 			continue;