1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/hw/net/vhost_net.c b/hw/net/vhost_net.c
index ccac5b7a64..2e0baeba26 100644
--- a/hw/net/vhost_net.c
+++ b/hw/net/vhost_net.c
@@ -244,6 +244,13 @@ static int vhost_net_start_one(struct vhost_net *net,
     struct vhost_vring_file file = { };
     int r;
 
+    if (net->nc->info->start) {
+        r = net->nc->info->start(net->nc);
+        if (r < 0) {
+            return r;
+        }
+    }
+
     r = vhost_dev_enable_notifiers(&net->dev, dev);
     if (r < 0) {
         goto fail_notifiers;