diff --git a/OvmfPkg/VirtioPciDeviceDxe/VirtioPciDevice.c b/OvmfPkg/VirtioPciDeviceDxe/VirtioPciDevice.c
index bc4f6fe8bf..8aae58e8b4 100644
--- a/OvmfPkg/VirtioPciDeviceDxe/VirtioPciDevice.c
+++ b/OvmfPkg/VirtioPciDeviceDxe/VirtioPciDevice.c
@@ -458,9 +458,13 @@ VirtioPciDeviceBindingStart (
     goto ClosePciIo;
   }
 
-  Status = Device->PciIo->Attributes (Device->PciIo,
-                         EfiPciIoAttributeOperationEnable,
-                         EFI_PCI_IO_ATTRIBUTE_IO, NULL);
+  Status = Device->PciIo->Attributes (
+                            Device->PciIo,
+                            EfiPciIoAttributeOperationEnable,
+                            (EFI_PCI_IO_ATTRIBUTE_IO |
+                             EFI_PCI_IO_ATTRIBUTE_BUS_MASTER),
+                            NULL
+                            );
   if (EFI_ERROR (Status)) {
     goto ClosePciIo;
   }