diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 7e14cea128bf5c4142635223979c77af91a4a7ba..b241b7ae771e95b71f5b6a31a979e24c5fb39ae0 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -5016,6 +5016,14 @@ virDomainDefCollectBootOrder(virDomainDefPtr def ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     if (info->bootIndex == 0)
         return 0;
 
+    if (dev->type == VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_HOSTDEV &&
+        dev->data.hostdev->parent.type != VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_NONE) {
+        /* This hostdev is a child of a higher level device
+         * (e.g. interface), and thus already being counted on the
+         * list for the other device type.
+         */
+        return 0;
+    }
     if (virAsprintf(&order, "%u", info->bootIndex) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/net-hostdev-bootorder.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/net-hostdev-bootorder.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e632d9b19537892906dc4d0578eedf67d85eb4bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/net-hostdev-bootorder.args
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/home/test \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686 \
+-name QEMUGuest1 \
+-S \
+-machine pc,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
+-m 214 \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-no-acpi \
+-usb \
+-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
+-device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,\
+bootindex=2 \
+-device pci-assign,host=03:07.1,id=hostdev0,bootindex=1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/net-hostdev-bootorder.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/net-hostdev-bootorder.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cd9f32b2f3f502464526e37c955f6c8f38c9f100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/net-hostdev-bootorder.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>219136</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219136</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+  </os>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686</emulator>
+    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
+      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
+      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+      <boot order='2'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0'/>
+    <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
+    <interface type='hostdev' managed='yes'>
+      <mac address='00:11:22:33:44:55'/>
+      <source>
+        <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x03' slot='0x07' function='0x1'/>
+      </source>
+      <boot order='1'/>
+    </interface>
+    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
+    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
+    <memballoon model='none'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 4883b111adbcec904823b153d5ab1edb469e2235..d7b50d7ea0d813ed0ab0046c98ad4590b7147694 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1376,6 +1376,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("net-mcast", NONE);
     DO_TEST("net-udp", NONE);
     DO_TEST("net-hostdev", NONE);
+    DO_TEST("net-hostdev-bootorder", NONE);
     DO_TEST("net-hostdev-multidomain", NONE);
     DO_TEST("net-hostdev-vfio",
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VFIO_PCI);
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/net-hostdev-bootorder.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/net-hostdev-bootorder.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d9ecf40cf0adc118b1b2bc1284526c3943017713
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/net-hostdev-bootorder.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>219136</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219136</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+  </os>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686</emulator>
+    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
+      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
+      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
+      <boot order='2'/>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
+    </controller>
+    <controller type='ide' index='0'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
+    </controller>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
+    <interface type='hostdev' managed='yes'>
+      <mac address='00:11:22:33:44:55'/>
+      <source>
+        <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x03' slot='0x07' function='0x1'/>
+      </source>
+      <boot order='1'/>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
+    </interface>
+    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
+    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
+    <memballoon model='none'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index caf79625d4a55dcf633d995c3f4fdf7cb911fe30..43eac2f066387db12575057d1864246090eef56e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("net-virtio-network-portgroup", NONE);
     DO_TEST("net-virtio-rxtxqueuesize", NONE);
     DO_TEST("net-hostdev", NONE);
+    DO_TEST("net-hostdev-bootorder", NONE);
     DO_TEST("net-hostdev-vfio", NONE);
     DO_TEST("net-midonet", NONE);
     DO_TEST("net-openvswitch", NONE);