diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index 71a54a5ea93b60e5ba8546e3e478a283c6402f80..c69cf1db08da495ca95d20484e6519b5a58d474a 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_LAST,
               "netdev",
 
               "rtc", /* 30 */
-              "vnet-host",
+              "vhost-net",
               "rtc-td-hack",
               "no-hpet",
               "no-kvm-pit",
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ qemuCapsComputeCmdFlags(const char *help,
         qemuCapsSet(flags, QEMU_CAPS_VNET_HDR);
 
     if (strstr(help, ",vhost=")) {
-        qemuCapsSet(flags, QEMU_CAPS_VNET_HOST);
+        qemuCapsSet(flags, QEMU_CAPS_VHOST_NET);
     }
 
     /*
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
index ab47f224afe41508c84d38e041a7d5b3027a48f4..4c1ad631db8d2709f41c8b45e1a4dd441126c0fd 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ enum qemuCapsFlags {
     QEMU_CAPS_SMP_TOPOLOGY      = 28, /* Is sockets=s,cores=c,threads=t available for -smp? */
     QEMU_CAPS_NETDEV            = 29, /* The -netdev flag & netdev_add/remove monitor commands */
     QEMU_CAPS_RTC               = 30, /* The -rtc flag for clock options */
-    QEMU_CAPS_VNET_HOST         = 31, /* vnet-host support is available in qemu */
+    QEMU_CAPS_VHOST_NET         = 31, /* vhost-net support is available in qemu */
     QEMU_CAPS_RTC_TD_HACK       = 32, /* -rtc-td-hack available */
     QEMU_CAPS_NO_HPET           = 33, /* -no-hpet flag is supported */
     QEMU_CAPS_NO_KVM_PIT        = 34, /* -no-kvm-pit-reinjection supported */
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 316f0ec6f2d5a346d09fa62ac36e939e5d584b79..ef2d002c7dce991c1978c9b27a980d1f6104227e 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ qemuOpenVhostNet(virDomainDefPtr def,
     /* If qemu doesn't support vhost-net mode (including the -netdev command
      * option), don't try to open the device.
      */
-    if (!(qemuCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_VNET_HOST) &&
+    if (!(qemuCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_VHOST_NET) &&
           qemuCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_NETDEV) &&
           qemuCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE))) {
         if (net->driver.virtio.name == VIR_DOMAIN_NET_BACKEND_TYPE_VHOST) {
diff --git a/tests/qemuhelptest.c b/tests/qemuhelptest.c
index 2522396482cc03fafb7315dc5b7369ae5f08dfef..71780d8a8fd6db738636d3662f45bb8154b6c9bc 100644
--- a/tests/qemuhelptest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuhelptest.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE,
             QEMU_CAPS_SMP_TOPOLOGY,
             QEMU_CAPS_RTC,
-            QEMU_CAPS_VNET_HOST,
+            QEMU_CAPS_VHOST_NET,
             QEMU_CAPS_NO_KVM_PIT,
             QEMU_CAPS_TDF,
             QEMU_CAPS_PCI_CONFIGFD,
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE,
             QEMU_CAPS_SMP_TOPOLOGY,
             QEMU_CAPS_RTC,
-            QEMU_CAPS_VNET_HOST,
+            QEMU_CAPS_VHOST_NET,
             QEMU_CAPS_NO_HPET,
             QEMU_CAPS_NO_KVM_PIT,
             QEMU_CAPS_TDF,
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_SMP_TOPOLOGY,
             QEMU_CAPS_NETDEV,
             QEMU_CAPS_RTC,
-            QEMU_CAPS_VNET_HOST,
+            QEMU_CAPS_VHOST_NET,
             QEMU_CAPS_NO_HPET,
             QEMU_CAPS_NO_KVM_PIT,
             QEMU_CAPS_TDF,
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE,
             QEMU_CAPS_SMP_TOPOLOGY,
             QEMU_CAPS_RTC,
-            QEMU_CAPS_VNET_HOST,
+            QEMU_CAPS_VHOST_NET,
             QEMU_CAPS_NO_KVM_PIT,
             QEMU_CAPS_TDF,
             QEMU_CAPS_PCI_CONFIGFD,