diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
index e95df847176b..b80bf681327b 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
@@ -555,6 +555,11 @@ static int virtio_vsock_vqs_init(struct virtio_vsock *vsock)
 
 	virtio_device_ready(vdev);
 
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void virtio_vsock_vqs_start(struct virtio_vsock *vsock)
+{
 	mutex_lock(&vsock->tx_lock);
 	vsock->tx_run = true;
 	mutex_unlock(&vsock->tx_lock);
@@ -569,7 +574,16 @@ static int virtio_vsock_vqs_init(struct virtio_vsock *vsock)
 	vsock->event_run = true;
 	mutex_unlock(&vsock->event_lock);
 
-	return 0;
+	/* virtio_transport_send_pkt() can queue packets once
+	 * the_virtio_vsock is set, but they won't be processed until
+	 * vsock->tx_run is set to true. We queue vsock->send_pkt_work
+	 * when initialization finishes to send those packets queued
+	 * earlier.
+	 * We don't need to queue the other workers (rx, event) because
+	 * as long as we don't fill the queues with empty buffers, the
+	 * host can't send us any notification.
+	 */
+	queue_work(virtio_vsock_workqueue, &vsock->send_pkt_work);
 }
 
 static void virtio_vsock_vqs_del(struct virtio_vsock *vsock)
@@ -664,6 +678,7 @@ static int virtio_vsock_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 		goto out;
 
 	rcu_assign_pointer(the_virtio_vsock, vsock);
+	virtio_vsock_vqs_start(vsock);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&the_virtio_vsock_mutex);
 
@@ -736,6 +751,7 @@ static int virtio_vsock_restore(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 		goto out;
 
 	rcu_assign_pointer(the_virtio_vsock, vsock);
+	virtio_vsock_vqs_start(vsock);
 
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&the_virtio_vsock_mutex);