diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/virtio_uml.c b/arch/um/drivers/virtio_uml.c
index ba562d68dc04..82ff3785bf69 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/virtio_uml.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/virtio_uml.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ struct virtio_uml_device {
 
 	u8 config_changed_irq:1;
 	uint64_t vq_irq_vq_map;
+	int recv_rc;
 };
 
 struct virtio_uml_vq_info {
@@ -148,14 +149,6 @@ static int vhost_user_recv(struct virtio_uml_device *vu_dev,
 
 	rc = vhost_user_recv_header(fd, msg);
 
-	if (rc == -ECONNRESET && vu_dev->registered) {
-		struct virtio_uml_platform_data *pdata;
-
-		pdata = vu_dev->pdata;
-
-		virtio_break_device(&vu_dev->vdev);
-		schedule_work(&pdata->conn_broken_wk);
-	}
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 	size = msg->header.size;
@@ -164,6 +157,21 @@ static int vhost_user_recv(struct virtio_uml_device *vu_dev,
 	return full_read(fd, &msg->payload, size, false);
 }
 
+static void vhost_user_check_reset(struct virtio_uml_device *vu_dev,
+				   int rc)
+{
+	struct virtio_uml_platform_data *pdata = vu_dev->pdata;
+
+	if (rc != -ECONNRESET)
+		return;
+
+	if (!vu_dev->registered)
+		return;
+
+	virtio_break_device(&vu_dev->vdev);
+	schedule_work(&pdata->conn_broken_wk);
+}
+
 static int vhost_user_recv_resp(struct virtio_uml_device *vu_dev,
 				struct vhost_user_msg *msg,
 				size_t max_payload_size)
@@ -171,8 +179,10 @@ static int vhost_user_recv_resp(struct virtio_uml_device *vu_dev,
 	int rc = vhost_user_recv(vu_dev, vu_dev->sock, msg,
 				 max_payload_size, true);
 
-	if (rc)
+	if (rc) {
+		vhost_user_check_reset(vu_dev, rc);
 		return rc;
+	}
 
 	if (msg->header.flags != (VHOST_USER_FLAG_REPLY | VHOST_USER_VERSION))
 		return -EPROTO;
@@ -369,6 +379,7 @@ static irqreturn_t vu_req_read_message(struct virtio_uml_device *vu_dev,
 				 sizeof(msg.msg.payload) +
 				 sizeof(msg.extra_payload));
 
+	vu_dev->recv_rc = rc;
 	if (rc)
 		return IRQ_NONE;
 
@@ -412,7 +423,9 @@ static irqreturn_t vu_req_interrupt(int irq, void *data)
 	if (!um_irq_timetravel_handler_used())
 		ret = vu_req_read_message(vu_dev, NULL);
 
-	if (vu_dev->vq_irq_vq_map) {
+	if (vu_dev->recv_rc) {
+		vhost_user_check_reset(vu_dev, vu_dev->recv_rc);
+	} else if (vu_dev->vq_irq_vq_map) {
 		struct virtqueue *vq;
 
 		virtio_device_for_each_vq((&vu_dev->vdev), vq) {