diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio-pci-legacy.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio-pci-legacy.c
index 4a383ad1ae7..8d0056a3998 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio-pci-legacy.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio-pci-legacy.c
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ static void virtio_pci_legacy_set_features(FAR struct virtio_device *vdev,
 
   pci_write_io_dword(vpdev->dev, vpdev->ioaddr + VIRTIO_PCI_GUEST_FEATURES,
                      vdev->features);
+  vdev->features = features;
 }
 
 /****************************************************************************
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio-pci-modern.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio-pci-modern.c
index d3c06477f56..e880eca8224 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio-pci-modern.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio-pci-modern.c
@@ -572,6 +572,7 @@ static void virtio_pci_modern_set_features(FAR struct virtio_device *vdev,
   pci_write_io_dword(vpdev->dev, &cfg->driver_feature, features);
   pci_write_io_dword(vpdev->dev, &cfg->driver_feature_select, 1);
   pci_write_io_dword(vpdev->dev, &cfg->driver_feature, 0);
+  vdev->features = features;
 }
 
 /****************************************************************************