diff --git a/drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c b/drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c
index 9439de2ca0e45..9c267e27d9d95 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c
@@ -129,13 +129,13 @@ static bool pvcalls_conn_back_read(void *opaque)
 	if (masked_prod < masked_cons) {
 		vec[0].iov_base = data->in + masked_prod;
 		vec[0].iov_len = wanted;
-		iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, WRITE, vec, 1, wanted);
+		iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, READ, vec, 1, wanted);
 	} else {
 		vec[0].iov_base = data->in + masked_prod;
 		vec[0].iov_len = array_size - masked_prod;
 		vec[1].iov_base = data->in;
 		vec[1].iov_len = wanted - vec[0].iov_len;
-		iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, WRITE, vec, 2, wanted);
+		iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, READ, vec, 2, wanted);
 	}
 
 	atomic_set(&map->read, 0);
@@ -188,13 +188,13 @@ static bool pvcalls_conn_back_write(struct sock_mapping *map)
 	if (pvcalls_mask(prod, array_size) > pvcalls_mask(cons, array_size)) {
 		vec[0].iov_base = data->out + pvcalls_mask(cons, array_size);
 		vec[0].iov_len = size;
-		iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, READ, vec, 1, size);
+		iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, WRITE, vec, 1, size);
 	} else {
 		vec[0].iov_base = data->out + pvcalls_mask(cons, array_size);
 		vec[0].iov_len = array_size - pvcalls_mask(cons, array_size);
 		vec[1].iov_base = data->out;
 		vec[1].iov_len = size - vec[0].iov_len;
-		iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, READ, vec, 2, size);
+		iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, WRITE, vec, 2, size);
 	}
 
 	atomic_set(&map->write, 0);