diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index 408c174ef0d5..22caf808bfab 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -663,6 +663,12 @@ static int virtballoon_restore(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 }
 #endif
 
+static int virtballoon_validate(struct virtio_device *vdev)
+{
+	__virtio_clear_bit(vdev, VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static unsigned int features[] = {
 	VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_MUST_TELL_HOST,
 	VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_STATS_VQ,
@@ -675,6 +681,7 @@ static struct virtio_driver virtio_balloon_driver = {
 	.driver.name =	KBUILD_MODNAME,
 	.driver.owner =	THIS_MODULE,
 	.id_table =	id_table,
+	.validate =	virtballoon_validate,
 	.probe =	virtballoon_probe,
 	.remove =	virtballoon_remove,
 	.config_changed = virtballoon_changed,