diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c
index 222d630c41fc9b..b35bb2d57f62c1 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c
@@ -576,6 +576,13 @@ static void virtio_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pci_dev)
 	struct virtio_pci_device *vp_dev = pci_get_drvdata(pci_dev);
 	struct device *dev = get_device(&vp_dev->vdev.dev);
 
+	/*
+	 * Device is marked broken on surprise removal so that virtio upper
+	 * layers can abort any ongoing operation.
+	 */
+	if (!pci_device_is_present(pci_dev))
+		virtio_break_device(&vp_dev->vdev);
+
 	pci_disable_sriov(pci_dev);
 
 	unregister_virtio_device(&vp_dev->vdev);