diff --git a/crates/vhost/src/vhost_kern/vdpa.rs b/crates/vhost/src/vhost_kern/vdpa.rs
index 65e01231..ecdd4bef 100644
--- a/crates/vhost/src/vhost_kern/vdpa.rs
+++ b/crates/vhost/src/vhost_kern/vdpa.rs
@@ -91,6 +91,25 @@ impl<AS: GuestAddressSpace> VhostKernVdpa<AS> {
     }
 }
 
+//impl<T: VhostKernBackend> VhostBackend for T {
+// impl<AS: GuestAddressSpace> VhostBackend for VhostKernVdpa<AS> {
+//     fn get_status(&self) -> Result<u8> {
+//         let mut status: u8 = 0;
+
+//         // SAFETY: This ioctl is called on a valid vhost-vdpa fd and has its
+//         // return value checked.
+//         let ret = unsafe { ioctl_with_mut_ref(self, VHOST_VDPA_GET_STATUS(), &mut status) };
+//         ioctl_result(ret, status)
+//     }
+
+//     fn set_status(&self, status: u8) -> Result<()> {
+//         // SAFETY: This ioctl is called on a valid vhost-vdpa fd and has its
+//         // return value checked.
+//         let ret = unsafe { ioctl_with_ref(self, VHOST_VDPA_SET_STATUS(), &status) };
+//         ioctl_result(ret, ())
+//     }
+// }
+
 impl<AS: GuestAddressSpace> VhostVdpa for VhostKernVdpa<AS> {
     fn get_device_id(&self) -> Result<u32> {
         let mut device_id: u32 = 0;
@@ -101,22 +120,6 @@ impl<AS: GuestAddressSpace> VhostVdpa for VhostKernVdpa<AS> {
         ioctl_result(ret, device_id)
     }
 
-    fn get_status(&self) -> Result<u8> {
-        let mut status: u8 = 0;
-
-        // SAFETY: This ioctl is called on a valid vhost-vdpa fd and has its
-        // return value checked.
-        let ret = unsafe { ioctl_with_mut_ref(self, VHOST_VDPA_GET_STATUS(), &mut status) };
-        ioctl_result(ret, status)
-    }
-
-    fn set_status(&self, status: u8) -> Result<()> {
-        // SAFETY: This ioctl is called on a valid vhost-vdpa fd and has its
-        // return value checked.
-        let ret = unsafe { ioctl_with_ref(self, VHOST_VDPA_SET_STATUS(), &status) };
-        ioctl_result(ret, ())
-    }
-
     fn get_config(&self, offset: u32, buffer: &mut [u8]) -> Result<()> {
         let mut config = VhostVdpaConfig::new(buffer.len())
             .map_err(|_| Error::IoctlError(IOError::from_raw_os_error(libc::ENOMEM)))?;