diff --git a/lib/vhost/iotlb.c b/lib/vhost/iotlb.c
index 6a729e8804..a0b8fd7302 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/iotlb.c
+++ b/lib/vhost/iotlb.c
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ vhost_user_iotlb_cache_remove_all(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
 	rte_rwlock_write_lock(&vq->iotlb_lock);
 
 	RTE_TAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(node, &vq->iotlb_list, next, temp_node) {
+		mem_set_dump((void *)(uintptr_t)node->uaddr, node->size, true);
 		TAILQ_REMOVE(&vq->iotlb_list, node, next);
 		vhost_user_iotlb_pool_put(vq, node);
 	}
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ vhost_user_iotlb_cache_random_evict(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
 
 	RTE_TAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(node, &vq->iotlb_list, next, temp_node) {
 		if (!entry_idx) {
+			mem_set_dump((void *)(uintptr_t)node->uaddr, node->size, true);
 			TAILQ_REMOVE(&vq->iotlb_list, node, next);
 			vhost_user_iotlb_pool_put(vq, node);
 			vq->iotlb_cache_nr--;
@@ -222,12 +224,14 @@ vhost_user_iotlb_cache_insert(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq
 			vhost_user_iotlb_pool_put(vq, new_node);
 			goto unlock;
 		} else if (node->iova > new_node->iova) {
+			mem_set_dump((void *)(uintptr_t)node->uaddr, node->size, true);
 			TAILQ_INSERT_BEFORE(node, new_node, next);
 			vq->iotlb_cache_nr++;
 			goto unlock;
 		}
 	}
 
+	mem_set_dump((void *)(uintptr_t)node->uaddr, node->size, true);
 	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&vq->iotlb_list, new_node, next);
 	vq->iotlb_cache_nr++;
 
@@ -255,6 +259,7 @@ vhost_user_iotlb_cache_remove(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 			break;
 
 		if (iova < node->iova + node->size) {
+			mem_set_dump((void *)(uintptr_t)node->uaddr, node->size, true);
 			TAILQ_REMOVE(&vq->iotlb_list, node, next);
 			vhost_user_iotlb_pool_put(vq, node);
 			vq->iotlb_cache_nr--;
diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost.h b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
index ef211ed519..1f913803f6 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/vhost.h
+++ b/lib/vhost/vhost.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/virtio_net.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <linux/if.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
 
 #include <rte_log.h>
 #include <rte_ether.h>
@@ -987,4 +988,15 @@ mbuf_is_consumed(struct rte_mbuf *m)
 
 	return true;
 }
+
+static __rte_always_inline void
+mem_set_dump(__rte_unused void *ptr, __rte_unused size_t size, __rte_unused bool enable)
+{
+#ifdef MADV_DONTDUMP
+	if (madvise(ptr, size, enable ? MADV_DODUMP : MADV_DONTDUMP) == -1) {
+		rte_log(RTE_LOG_INFO, vhost_config_log_level,
+			"VHOST_CONFIG: could not set coredump preference (%s).\n", strerror(errno));
+	}
+#endif
+}
 #endif /* _VHOST_NET_CDEV_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
index 9902ae9944..8f33d5f4d9 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
+++ b/lib/vhost/vhost_user.c
@@ -793,6 +793,9 @@ translate_ring_addresses(struct virtio_net **pdev, struct vhost_virtqueue **pvq)
 			return;
 		}
 
+		mem_set_dump(vq->desc_packed, len, true);
+		mem_set_dump(vq->driver_event, len, true);
+		mem_set_dump(vq->device_event, len, true);
 		vq->access_ok = true;
 		return;
 	}
@@ -846,6 +849,9 @@ translate_ring_addresses(struct virtio_net **pdev, struct vhost_virtqueue **pvq)
 			"some packets maybe resent for Tx and dropped for Rx\n");
 	}
 
+	mem_set_dump(vq->desc, len, true);
+	mem_set_dump(vq->avail, len, true);
+	mem_set_dump(vq->used, len, true);
 	vq->access_ok = true;
 
 	VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, DEBUG, "mapped address desc: %p\n", vq->desc);
@@ -1224,6 +1230,7 @@ vhost_user_mmap_region(struct virtio_net *dev,
 	region->mmap_addr = mmap_addr;
 	region->mmap_size = mmap_size;
 	region->host_user_addr = (uint64_t)(uintptr_t)mmap_addr + mmap_offset;
+	mem_set_dump(mmap_addr, mmap_size, false);
 
 	if (dev->async_copy) {
 		if (add_guest_pages(dev, region, alignment) < 0) {
@@ -1528,6 +1535,7 @@ inflight_mem_alloc(struct virtio_net *dev, const char *name, size_t size, int *f
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	mem_set_dump(ptr, size, false);
 	*fd = mfd;
 	return ptr;
 }
@@ -1736,6 +1744,7 @@ vhost_user_set_inflight_fd(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 		dev->inflight_info->fd = -1;
 	}
 
+	mem_set_dump(addr, mmap_size, false);
 	dev->inflight_info->fd = fd;
 	dev->inflight_info->addr = addr;
 	dev->inflight_info->size = mmap_size;
@@ -2283,6 +2292,7 @@ vhost_user_set_log_base(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 	dev->log_addr = (uint64_t)(uintptr_t)addr;
 	dev->log_base = dev->log_addr + off;
 	dev->log_size = size;
+	mem_set_dump(addr, size, false);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < dev->nr_vring; i++) {
 		struct vhost_virtqueue *vq = dev->virtqueue[i];
