diff --git a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
index 990afab..9c5a1aa 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
@@ -544,9 +544,7 @@
 
 	chan->inuse = false;
 	if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_9P_MOUNT_TAG)) {
-		vdev->config->get(vdev,
-				offsetof(struct virtio_9p_config, tag_len),
-				&tag_len, sizeof(tag_len));
+		virtio_cread(vdev, struct virtio_9p_config, tag_len, &tag_len);
 	} else {
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto out_free_vq;
@@ -556,8 +554,9 @@
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out_free_vq;
 	}
-	vdev->config->get(vdev, offsetof(struct virtio_9p_config, tag),
-			tag, tag_len);
+
+	virtio_cread_bytes(vdev, offsetof(struct virtio_9p_config, tag),
+			   tag, tag_len);
 	chan->tag = tag;
 	chan->tag_len = tag_len;
 	err = sysfs_create_file(&(vdev->dev.kobj), &dev_attr_mount_tag.attr);