diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index 0f653f314876..eb7a4df69e2b 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ static int get_indirect(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 		/* If this is an input descriptor, increment that count. */
 		if (desc.flags & cpu_to_vhost16(vq, VRING_DESC_F_WRITE)) {
 			*in_num += ret;
-			if (unlikely(log)) {
+			if (unlikely(log && ret)) {
 				log[*log_num].addr = vhost64_to_cpu(vq, desc.addr);
 				log[*log_num].len = vhost32_to_cpu(vq, desc.len);
 				++*log_num;
@@ -1453,7 +1453,7 @@ int vhost_get_vq_desc(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 			/* If this is an input descriptor,
 			 * increment that count. */
 			*in_num += ret;
-			if (unlikely(log)) {
+			if (unlikely(log && ret)) {
 				log[*log_num].addr = vhost64_to_cpu(vq, desc.addr);
 				log[*log_num].len = vhost32_to_cpu(vq, desc.len);
 				++*log_num;