diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c
index a416f9b..101db3f 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c
@@ -333,10 +333,8 @@
 	for (i = 0; i < nvectors; ++i)
 		vp_dev->msix_entries[i].entry = i;
 
-	/* pci_enable_msix returns positive if we can't get this many. */
-	err = pci_enable_msix(vp_dev->pci_dev, vp_dev->msix_entries, nvectors);
-	if (err > 0)
-		err = -ENOSPC;
+	err = pci_enable_msix_exact(vp_dev->pci_dev,
+				    vp_dev->msix_entries, nvectors);
 	if (err)
 		goto error;
 	vp_dev->msix_enabled = 1;