diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
index e4258f40dcd7..174895372e7f 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
@@ -1698,6 +1698,8 @@ static void mlx5_vdpa_set_vq_cb(struct vdpa_device *vdev, u16 idx, struct vdpa_c
 	struct mlx5_vdpa_net *ndev = to_mlx5_vdpa_ndev(mvdev);
 
 	ndev->event_cbs[idx] = *cb;
+	if (is_ctrl_vq_idx(mvdev, idx))
+		mvdev->cvq.event_cb = *cb;
 }
 
 static void mlx5_cvq_notify(struct vringh *vring)