diff --git a/src/rpc/virnetserver.c b/src/rpc/virnetserver.c
index 16846c518047af5c947723bb8f56eaf36a4d61ad..257cef728a2a877d0ea76627bd159526f4bdc977 100644
--- a/src/rpc/virnetserver.c
+++ b/src/rpc/virnetserver.c
@@ -700,6 +700,8 @@ void virNetServerRun(virNetServerPtr srv)
         goto cleanup;
 #endif
 
+    srv->quit = 0;
+
     if (srv->autoShutdownTimeout &&
         (timerid = virEventAddTimeout(-1,
                                       virNetServerAutoShutdownTimer,