diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index 8977f40ea441..2f09294c5946 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -1040,6 +1040,8 @@ struct virtqueue *vring_create_virtqueue(
 					  GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_ZERO);
 		if (queue)
 			break;
+		if (!may_reduce_num)
+			return NULL;
 	}
 
 	if (!num)
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_ring.h b/include/linux/virtio_ring.h
index e8d36938f09a..b38c1871b735 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_ring.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_ring.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ struct virtqueue;
 /*
  * Creates a virtqueue and allocates the descriptor ring.  If
  * may_reduce_num is set, then this may allocate a smaller ring than
- * expected.  The caller should query virtqueue_get_ring_size to learn
+ * expected.  The caller should query virtqueue_get_vring_size to learn
  * the actual size of the ring.
  */
 struct virtqueue *vring_create_virtqueue(unsigned int index,