diff --git a/drivers/lguest/lguest_device.c b/drivers/lguest/lguest_device.c
index ccb7dfb028f..fc92ccbd71d 100644
--- a/drivers/lguest/lguest_device.c
+++ b/drivers/lguest/lguest_device.c
@@ -263,6 +263,9 @@ static struct virtqueue *lg_find_vq(struct virtio_device *vdev,
 	struct virtqueue *vq;
 	int err;
 
+	if (!name)
+		return NULL;
+
 	/* We must have this many virtqueues. */
 	if (index >= ldev->desc->num_vq)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
index 343c1941c12..e7a4780e93d 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ static struct virtqueue *rp_find_vq(struct virtio_device *vdev,
 	if (id >= ARRAY_SIZE(rvdev->vring))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
+	if (!name)
+		return NULL;
+
 	ret = rproc_alloc_vring(rvdev, id);
 	if (ret)
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/kvm/kvm_virtio.c b/drivers/s390/kvm/kvm_virtio.c
index 5565af20592..7dabef624da 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/kvm/kvm_virtio.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/kvm/kvm_virtio.c
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ static struct virtqueue *kvm_find_vq(struct virtio_device *vdev,
 	if (index >= kdev->desc->num_vq)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 
+	if (!name)
+		return NULL;
+
 	config = kvm_vq_config(kdev->desc)+index;
 
 	err = vmem_add_mapping(config->address,
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_mmio.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_mmio.c
index 008bf58bdaa..5d7fee385b7 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_mmio.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_mmio.c
@@ -306,6 +306,9 @@ static struct virtqueue *vm_setup_vq(struct virtio_device *vdev, unsigned index,
 	unsigned long flags, size;
 	int err;
 
+	if (!name)
+		return NULL;
+
 	/* Select the queue we're interested in */
 	writel(index, vm_dev->base + VIRTIO_MMIO_QUEUE_SEL);
 
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c
index f5dfe6bdb95..42b20769d12 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c
@@ -555,7 +555,10 @@ static int vp_try_to_find_vqs(struct virtio_device *vdev, unsigned nvqs,
 	vp_dev->per_vq_vectors = per_vq_vectors;
 	allocated_vectors = vp_dev->msix_used_vectors;
 	for (i = 0; i < nvqs; ++i) {
-		if (!callbacks[i] || !vp_dev->msix_enabled)
+		if (!names[i]) {
+			vqs[i] = NULL;
+			continue;
+		} else if (!callbacks[i] || !vp_dev->msix_enabled)
 			msix_vec = VIRTIO_MSI_NO_VECTOR;
 		else if (vp_dev->per_vq_vectors)
 			msix_vec = allocated_vectors++;
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_config.h b/include/linux/virtio_config.h
index 2c4a9895379..e2850a7ea27 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_config.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_config.h
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@
  *	nvqs: the number of virtqueues to find
  *	vqs: on success, includes new virtqueues
  *	callbacks: array of callbacks, for each virtqueue
+ *		include a NULL entry for vqs that do not need a callback
  *	names: array of virtqueue names (mainly for debugging)
+ *		include a NULL entry for vqs unused by driver
  *	Returns 0 on success or error status
  * @del_vqs: free virtqueues found by find_vqs().
  * @get_features: get the array of feature bits for this device.