diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index b14e62f11075..d2431afeda84 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -306,8 +306,8 @@ static void vhost_vq_reset(struct vhost_dev *dev,
 	vq->call_ctx = NULL;
 	vq->call = NULL;
 	vq->log_ctx = NULL;
-	vhost_reset_is_le(vq);
 	vhost_disable_cross_endian(vq);
+	vhost_reset_is_le(vq);
 	vq->busyloop_timeout = 0;
 	vq->umem = NULL;
 	vq->iotlb = NULL;