diff --git a/net/netmap.c b/net/netmap.c
index 508b82947d..4197a9c9ba 100644
--- a/net/netmap.c
+++ b/net/netmap.c
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ int net_init_netmap(const NetClientOptions *opts,
                     const char *name, NetClientState *peer, Error **errp)
 {
     /* FIXME error_setg(errp, ...) on failure */
-    const NetdevNetmapOptions *netmap_opts = opts->netmap;
+    const NetdevNetmapOptions *netmap_opts = opts->u.netmap;
     NetClientState *nc;
     NetmapPriv me;
     NetmapState *s;