diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_interface.c b/src/qemu/qemu_interface.c
index e637d21fb77aaf400c5a351ba38868a944b037f1..e327133308785bfadac464a6cb4413e964c90189 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_interface.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_interface.c
@@ -108,8 +108,13 @@ qemuInterfaceStartDevice(virDomainNetDefPtr net)
         break;
     }
 
-    case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_USER:
     case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_ETHERNET:
+        if (virNetDevIPInfoAddToDev(net->ifname, &net->hostIP) < 0)
+            goto cleanup;
+
+        break;
+
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_USER:
     case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_VHOSTUSER:
     case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_SERVER:
     case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_CLIENT:
@@ -197,10 +202,6 @@ qemuInterfaceStopDevice(virDomainNetDefPtr net)
     }
 
     case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_ETHERNET:
-        if (virNetDevIPInfoAddToDev(net->ifname, &net->hostIP) < 0)
-            goto cleanup;
-        break;
-
     case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_USER:
     case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_VHOSTUSER:
     case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_SERVER: