diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost.c b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
index 0d226dae10..01ebe12f28 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
@@ -290,7 +290,14 @@ static int vhost_dev_has_iommu(struct vhost_dev *dev)
 {
     VirtIODevice *vdev = dev->vdev;
 
-    return virtio_host_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM);
+    /*
+     * For vhost, VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM means the backend support
+     * incremental memory mapping API via IOTLB API. For platform that
+     * does not have IOMMU, there's no need to enable this feature
+     * which may cause unnecessary IOTLB miss/update trnasactions.
+     */
+    return vdev->dma_as != &address_space_memory &&
+           virtio_host_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM);
 }
 
 static void *vhost_memory_map(struct vhost_dev *dev, hwaddr addr,
@@ -765,6 +772,9 @@ static int vhost_dev_set_features(struct vhost_dev *dev,
     if (enable_log) {
         features |= 0x1ULL << VHOST_F_LOG_ALL;
     }
+    if (!vhost_dev_has_iommu(dev)) {
+        features &= ~(0x1ULL << VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM);
+    }
     r = dev->vhost_ops->vhost_set_features(dev, features);
     if (r < 0) {
         VHOST_OPS_DEBUG("vhost_set_features failed");