diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
index 4fa414feea..ca1227e5dc 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
@@ -89,19 +89,13 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_dma_unmap(struct vhost_vdpa *v, hwaddr iova,
     return ret;
 }
 
-static void vhost_vdpa_listener_begin(MemoryListener *listener)
+static void vhost_vdpa_listener_begin_batch(struct vhost_vdpa *v)
 {
-    struct vhost_vdpa *v = container_of(listener, struct vhost_vdpa, listener);
-    struct vhost_dev *dev = v->dev;
-    struct vhost_msg_v2 msg = {};
     int fd = v->device_fd;
-
-    if (!(dev->backend_cap & (0x1ULL << VHOST_BACKEND_F_IOTLB_BATCH))) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    msg.type = v->msg_type;
-    msg.iotlb.type = VHOST_IOTLB_BATCH_BEGIN;
+    struct vhost_msg_v2 msg = {
+        .type = v->msg_type,
+        .iotlb.type = VHOST_IOTLB_BATCH_BEGIN,
+    };
 
     if (write(fd, &msg, sizeof(msg)) != sizeof(msg)) {
         error_report("failed to write, fd=%d, errno=%d (%s)",
@@ -109,6 +103,16 @@ static void vhost_vdpa_listener_begin(MemoryListener *listener)
     }
 }
 
+static void vhost_vdpa_iotlb_batch_begin_once(struct vhost_vdpa *v)
+{
+    if (v->dev->backend_cap & (0x1ULL << VHOST_BACKEND_F_IOTLB_BATCH) &&
+        !v->iotlb_batch_begin_sent) {
+        vhost_vdpa_listener_begin_batch(v);
+    }
+
+    v->iotlb_batch_begin_sent = true;
+}
+
 static void vhost_vdpa_listener_commit(MemoryListener *listener)
 {
     struct vhost_vdpa *v = container_of(listener, struct vhost_vdpa, listener);
@@ -120,6 +124,10 @@ static void vhost_vdpa_listener_commit(MemoryListener *listener)
         return;
     }
 
+    if (!v->iotlb_batch_begin_sent) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     msg.type = v->msg_type;
     msg.iotlb.type = VHOST_IOTLB_BATCH_END;
 
@@ -127,6 +135,8 @@ static void vhost_vdpa_listener_commit(MemoryListener *listener)
         error_report("failed to write, fd=%d, errno=%d (%s)",
                      fd, errno, strerror(errno));
     }
+
+    v->iotlb_batch_begin_sent = false;
 }
 
 static void vhost_vdpa_listener_region_add(MemoryListener *listener,
@@ -170,6 +180,7 @@ static void vhost_vdpa_listener_region_add(MemoryListener *listener,
 
     llsize = int128_sub(llend, int128_make64(iova));
 
+    vhost_vdpa_iotlb_batch_begin_once(v);
     ret = vhost_vdpa_dma_map(v, iova, int128_get64(llsize),
                              vaddr, section->readonly);
     if (ret) {
@@ -221,6 +232,7 @@ static void vhost_vdpa_listener_region_del(MemoryListener *listener,
 
     llsize = int128_sub(llend, int128_make64(iova));
 
+    vhost_vdpa_iotlb_batch_begin_once(v);
     ret = vhost_vdpa_dma_unmap(v, iova, int128_get64(llsize));
     if (ret) {
         error_report("vhost_vdpa dma unmap error!");
@@ -234,7 +246,6 @@ static void vhost_vdpa_listener_region_del(MemoryListener *listener,
  * depends on the addnop().
  */
 static const MemoryListener vhost_vdpa_memory_listener = {
-    .begin = vhost_vdpa_listener_begin,
     .commit = vhost_vdpa_listener_commit,
     .region_add = vhost_vdpa_listener_region_add,
     .region_del = vhost_vdpa_listener_region_del,
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.h b/include/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.h
index 9188226d8b..a8963da2d9 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ typedef struct VhostVDPAHostNotifier {
 typedef struct vhost_vdpa {
     int device_fd;
     uint32_t msg_type;
+    bool iotlb_batch_begin_sent;
     MemoryListener listener;
     struct vhost_dev *dev;
     VhostVDPAHostNotifier notifier[VIRTIO_QUEUE_MAX];