diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 4c1a266d259e89c12178331b312e8af0a85bf781..aa66e3d2a2843005253854c31a10a154d2f11516 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -3633,8 +3633,7 @@ qemuBuildNicDevStr(virDomainDefPtr def,
                    int vlan,
                    unsigned int bootindex,
                    size_t vhostfdSize,
-                   virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
-                   unsigned int mtu)
+                   virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps)
 {
     virBuffer buf = VIR_BUFFER_INITIALIZER;
     const char *nic = net->model;
@@ -3758,23 +3757,13 @@ qemuBuildNicDevStr(virDomainDefPtr def,
         virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",rx_queue_size=%u", net->driver.virtio.rx_queue_size);
     }
 
-    if (usingVirtio && mtu) {
-        if (virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_NET_HOST_MTU)) {
-
-            virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",host_mtu=%u", mtu);
-
-        } else {
-            /* log an error if mtu was requested specifically for this
-             * interface, otherwise, if it's just what was reported by
-             * the attached network, ignore it.
-             */
-            if (net->mtu) {
-                virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
-                               _("setting MTU is not supported with "
-                                 "this QEMU binary"));
-                goto error;
-            }
+    if (usingVirtio && net->mtu) {
+        if (!virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_NET_HOST_MTU)) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
+                           _("setting MTU is not supported with this QEMU binary"));
+            goto error;
         }
+        virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",host_mtu=%u", net->mtu);
     }
 
     if (vlan == -1)
@@ -8320,7 +8309,7 @@ qemuBuildVhostuserCommandLine(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     VIR_FREE(netdev);
 
     if (!(nic = qemuBuildNicDevStr(def, net, -1, bootindex,
-                                   queues, qemuCaps, net->mtu))) {
+                                   queues, qemuCaps))) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                        "%s", _("Error generating NIC -device string"));
         goto error;
@@ -8366,7 +8355,6 @@ qemuBuildInterfaceCommandLine(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     virDomainNetType actualType = virDomainNetGetActualType(net);
     virNetDevBandwidthPtr actualBandwidth;
     size_t i;
-    unsigned int mtu = net->mtu;
 
 
     if (!bootindex)
@@ -8421,7 +8409,7 @@ qemuBuildInterfaceCommandLine(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         memset(tapfd, -1, tapfdSize * sizeof(tapfd[0]));
 
         if (qemuInterfaceBridgeConnect(def, driver, net,
-                                       tapfd, &tapfdSize, &mtu) < 0)
+                                       tapfd, &tapfdSize) < 0)
             goto cleanup;
         break;
 
@@ -8601,7 +8589,7 @@ qemuBuildInterfaceCommandLine(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     }
     if (qemuDomainSupportsNicdev(def, net)) {
         if (!(nic = qemuBuildNicDevStr(def, net, vlan, bootindex,
-                                       vhostfdSize, qemuCaps, mtu)))
+                                       vhostfdSize, qemuCaps)))
             goto cleanup;
         virCommandAddArgList(cmd, "-device", nic, NULL);
     } else {
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.h b/src/qemu/qemu_command.h
index 7da92c8c98f5e2c966d5fd0bd6a4a014e2456752..09cb00ee9b989c08bf5b38a982643db77a6fa7d9 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.h
@@ -101,8 +101,7 @@ char *qemuBuildNicDevStr(virDomainDefPtr def,
                          int vlan,
                          unsigned int bootindex,
                          size_t vhostfdSize,
-                         virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
-                         unsigned int mtu);
+                         virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps);
 
 char *qemuDeviceDriveHostAlias(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk);
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
index e99895af680250f0d56748c9e2706d844897e35c..4a7d997254dc8eb74f27feedef62265dd757a063 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
@@ -968,7 +968,6 @@ qemuDomainAttachNetDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     bool charDevPlugged = false;
     bool netdevPlugged = false;
     bool hostPlugged = false;
-    unsigned int mtu = net->mtu;
 
     /* preallocate new slot for device */
     if (VIR_REALLOC_N(vm->def->nets, vm->def->nnets + 1) < 0)
@@ -1025,7 +1024,7 @@ qemuDomainAttachNetDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
             goto cleanup;
         memset(vhostfd, -1, sizeof(*vhostfd) * vhostfdSize);
         if (qemuInterfaceBridgeConnect(vm->def, driver, net,
-                                       tapfd, &tapfdSize, &mtu) < 0)
+                                       tapfd, &tapfdSize) < 0)
             goto cleanup;
         iface_connected = true;
         if (qemuInterfaceOpenVhostNet(vm->def, net, priv->qemuCaps,
@@ -1239,7 +1238,7 @@ qemuDomainAttachNetDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         VIR_FORCE_CLOSE(vhostfd[i]);
 
     if (!(nicstr = qemuBuildNicDevStr(vm->def, net, vlan, 0,
-                                      queueSize, priv->qemuCaps, mtu)))
+                                      queueSize, priv->qemuCaps)))
         goto try_remove;
 
     qemuDomainObjEnterMonitor(driver, vm);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_interface.c b/src/qemu/qemu_interface.c
index d8a678b4ab1366b12207164a7c48ef48934467d3..cebb490221a6e9f2de907421064e6efefde90a22 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_interface.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_interface.c
@@ -503,8 +503,7 @@ qemuInterfaceBridgeConnect(virDomainDefPtr def,
                            virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                            virDomainNetDefPtr net,
                            int *tapfd,
-                           size_t *tapfdSize,
-                           unsigned int *mtu)
+                           size_t *tapfdSize)
 {
     const char *brname;
     int ret = -1;
@@ -545,7 +544,7 @@ qemuInterfaceBridgeConnect(virDomainDefPtr def,
                                            def->uuid, tunpath, tapfd, *tapfdSize,
                                            virDomainNetGetActualVirtPortProfile(net),
                                            virDomainNetGetActualVlan(net),
-                                           net->coalesce, net->mtu, mtu,
+                                           net->coalesce, 0, NULL,
                                            tap_create_flags) < 0) {
             virDomainAuditNetDevice(def, net, tunpath, false);
             goto cleanup;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_interface.h b/src/qemu/qemu_interface.h
index ba74ac2cfe4b5fbcfb9e9acae8a722f646b59db5..a7faa0b3da71a9e7c8328c3a2aaf252c91cebf91 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_interface.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_interface.h
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ int qemuInterfaceBridgeConnect(virDomainDefPtr def,
                                virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                                virDomainNetDefPtr net,
                                int *tapfd,
-                               size_t *tapfdSize,
-                               unsigned int *mtu)
+                               size_t *tapfdSize)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2);
 
 int qemuInterfaceOpenVhostNet(virDomainDefPtr def,