diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/device/device_manager.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/device/device_manager.rs
index fd07744e42..d597408a94 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/device/device_manager.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/device/device_manager.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::Arc};
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
 use kata_sys_util::rand::RandomBytes;
-use kata_types::config::hypervisor::{BlockDeviceInfo, TopologyConfigInfo, VIRTIO_SCSI};
+use kata_types::config::hypervisor::{BlockDeviceInfo, SharedFsInfo, TopologyConfigInfo, VIRTIO_SCSI};
 use tokio::sync::{Mutex, RwLock};
 
 use crate::{
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ impl DeviceManager {
         self.hypervisor.hypervisor_config().await.blockdev_info
     }
 
+    async fn get_shared_fs_info(&self) -> SharedFsInfo {
+        self.hypervisor.hypervisor_config().await.shared_fs
+    }
+
     async fn try_add_device(&mut self, device_id: &str) -> Result<()> {
         // find the device
         let device = self
@@ -623,6 +627,10 @@ pub async fn get_block_device_info(d: &RwLock<DeviceManager>) -> BlockDeviceInfo
     d.read().await.get_block_device_info().await
 }
 
+pub async fn get_shared_fs_info(d: &RwLock<DeviceManager>) -> SharedFsInfo {
+    d.read().await.get_shared_fs_info().await
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::DeviceManager;
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/resource/src/share_fs/share_virtio_fs.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/resource/src/share_fs/share_virtio_fs.rs
index 8328355ed5..b665846028 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/resource/src/share_fs/share_virtio_fs.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/resource/src/share_fs/share_virtio_fs.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use tokio::sync::RwLock;
 
 use hypervisor::{
     device::{
-        device_manager::{do_handle_device, do_update_device, DeviceManager},
+        device_manager::{do_handle_device, do_update_device, get_shared_fs_info, DeviceManager},
         driver::{ShareFsMountConfig, ShareFsMountOperation, ShareFsMountType},
         DeviceConfig,
     },
@@ -54,8 +54,12 @@ pub(crate) async fn prepare_virtiofs(
         sock_path: generate_sock_path(root),
         mount_tag: String::from(MOUNT_GUEST_TAG),
         fs_type: fs_type.to_string(),
-        queue_size: 0,
-        queue_num: 0,
+        // Pull virtio-fs queue size from the hypervisor config so the value
+        // configured via `virtio_fs_queue_size` in the toml actually reaches
+        // the VMM device line. There is currently no toml knob for the number
+        // of virtqueues, so we use a single queue (matching the prior default).
+        queue_size: get_shared_fs_info(d).await.virtio_fs_queue_size as u64,
+        queue_num: 1,
         options: vec![],
         mount_config: None,
     };