diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vsock.c b/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
index 88a5aa6624b4..6c089f655707 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
@@ -500,6 +500,11 @@ static int vhost_vsock_start(struct vhost_vsock *vsock)
 		mutex_unlock(&vq->mutex);
 	}
 
+	/* Some packets may have been queued before the device was started,
+	 * let's kick the send worker to send them.
+	 */
+	vhost_work_queue(&vsock->dev, &vsock->send_pkt_work);
+
 	mutex_unlock(&vsock->dev.mutex);
 	return 0;