diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/vhost-user.h
b/include/hw/virtio/vhost-user.h
index 9f9ddf878d..1d4121431b 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/vhost-user.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/vhost-user.h
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ enum VhostUserProtocolFeature {
VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INBAND_NOTIFICATIONS = 14,
VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_CONFIGURE_MEM_SLOTS = 15,
VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_STATUS = 16,
- VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SHARED_OBJECT = 17,
+ /* Feature 17 reserved for VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_XEN_MMAP. */
+ VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SHARED_OBJECT = 18,
VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_MAX
};