diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost.c b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
index d29075aa04e83acd0a9a0ed1ec41310c1a574de5..bec6e63fc7b9112cdd7a23b0f137842aa2784829 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ static void vhost_log_sync(MemoryListener *listener,
                                          memory_listener);
     MigrationState *ms = migrate_get_current();
 
-    if (!dev->log_enabled || !dev->started) {
+    if (!dev->log_enabled || !dev->log) {
         return;
     }
 
@@ -2624,7 +2624,6 @@ int vhost_dev_suspend(struct vhost_dev *hdev, VirtIODevice *vdev, bool vrings)
         memory_listener_unregister(&hdev->iommu_listener);
     }
     vhost_stop_config_intr(hdev);
-    vhost_log_put(hdev, true);
     hdev->started = false;
     vdev->vhost_started = false;
     hdev->vdev = NULL;