diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
index 633e7fc18f..b00f5ef300 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
@@ -1330,6 +1330,11 @@ qemuDomainAttachNetDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 
         if (!(charDevAlias = qemuAliasChardevFromDevAlias(net->info.alias)))
             goto cleanup;
+
+        if (virNetDevOpenvswitchGetVhostuserIfname(net->data.vhostuser->data.nix.path,
+                                                   &net->ifname) < 0)
+            goto cleanup;
+
         break;
 
     case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_USER: