diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index 148e8ea1bc9..3d42cde0286 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -349,6 +349,8 @@ static int init_vqs(struct virtio_balloon *vb)
 		 * Prime this virtqueue with one buffer so the hypervisor can
 		 * use it to signal us later.
 		 */
+		update_balloon_stats(vb);
+
 		sg_init_one(&sg, vb->stats, sizeof vb->stats);
 		if (virtqueue_add_outbuf(vb->stats_vq, &sg, 1, vb, GFP_KERNEL)
 		    < 0)