diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c
index 25de15430710065d7a8da3c2b6b2531f1b64b235..ae56c0d9065e307fe5376494a89ce0ea2e732694 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c
@@ -830,6 +830,13 @@ static void virtio_balloon_device_unrealize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     }
     balloon_stats_destroy_timer(s);
     qemu_remove_balloon_handler(s);
+
+    virtio_del_queue(vdev, 0);
+    virtio_del_queue(vdev, 1);
+    virtio_del_queue(vdev, 2);
+    if (s->free_page_vq) {
+        virtio_del_queue(vdev, 3);
+    }
     virtio_cleanup(vdev);
 }