diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_process.c b/src/lxc/lxc_process.c
index 0f7c929535..a842ac91c5 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_process.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_process.c
@@ -1640,6 +1640,30 @@ virLXCProcessReconnectNotifyNets(virDomainDefPtr def)
     for (i = 0; i < def->nnets; i++) {
         virDomainNetDefPtr net = def->nets[i];
 
+        /* type='bridge|network|ethernet' interfaces may be using an
+         * autogenerated netdev name, so we should update the counter
+         * for autogenerated names to skip past this one.
+         */
+        switch (virDomainNetGetActualType(net)) {
+        case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_BRIDGE:
+        case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_NETWORK:
+        case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_ETHERNET:
+            virNetDevReserveName(net->ifname);
+            break;
+        case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_DIRECT:
+        case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_USER:
+        case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_VHOSTUSER:
+        case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_SERVER:
+        case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_CLIENT:
+        case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_MCAST:
+        case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_INTERNAL:
+        case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_HOSTDEV:
+        case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_UDP:
+        case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_VDPA:
+        case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_LAST:
+            break;
+        }
+
         if (net->type == VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_NETWORK) {
             if (!conn && !(conn = virGetConnectNetwork()))
                 continue;