diff --git a/src/util/virhostdev.c b/src/util/virhostdev.c
index 580f0fac06a5dc0a0c2938246f42c246f292d428..102fd85c160f8bf53aa3c84c7bee86555bc27e50 100644
--- a/src/util/virhostdev.c
+++ b/src/util/virhostdev.c
@@ -307,7 +307,9 @@ virHostdevIsVirtualFunction(virDomainHostdevDefPtr hostdev)
 
 
 static int
-virHostdevNetDevice(virDomainHostdevDefPtr hostdev, char **linkdev,
+virHostdevNetDevice(virDomainHostdevDefPtr hostdev,
+                    int pfNetDevIdx,
+                    char **linkdev,
                     int *vf)
 {
     int ret = -1;
@@ -317,9 +319,10 @@ virHostdevNetDevice(virDomainHostdevDefPtr hostdev, char **linkdev,
         return ret;
 
     if (virPCIIsVirtualFunction(sysfs_path) == 1) {
-        if (virPCIGetVirtualFunctionInfo(sysfs_path, linkdev,
-                                         vf) < 0)
+        if (virPCIGetVirtualFunctionInfo(sysfs_path, pfNetDevIdx,
+                                         linkdev, vf) < 0) {
             goto cleanup;
+        }
     } else {
         /* In practice this should never happen, since we currently
          * only support assigning SRIOV VFs via <interface
@@ -444,7 +447,7 @@ virHostdevSaveNetConfig(virDomainHostdevDefPtr hostdev,
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    if (virHostdevNetDevice(hostdev, &linkdev, &vf) < 0)
+    if (virHostdevNetDevice(hostdev, -1, &linkdev, &vf) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (virNetDevSaveNetConfig(linkdev, vf, stateDir, true) < 0)
@@ -482,7 +485,7 @@ virHostdevSetNetConfig(virDomainHostdevDefPtr hostdev,
     if (!virHostdevIsPCINetDevice(hostdev))
         return 0;
 
-    if (virHostdevNetDevice(hostdev, &linkdev, &vf) < 0)
+    if (virHostdevNetDevice(hostdev, -1, &linkdev, &vf) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     vlan = virDomainNetGetActualVlan(hostdev->parent.data.net);
@@ -545,7 +548,7 @@ virHostdevRestoreNetConfig(virDomainHostdevDefPtr hostdev,
         return ret;
     }
 
-    if (virHostdevNetDevice(hostdev, &linkdev, &vf) < 0)
+    if (virHostdevNetDevice(hostdev, 0, &linkdev, &vf) < 0)
         return ret;
 
     virtPort = virDomainNetGetActualVirtPortProfile(
@@ -565,6 +568,18 @@ virHostdevRestoreNetConfig(virDomainHostdevDefPtr hostdev,
             ret = virNetDevReadNetConfig(linkdev, vf, oldStateDir,
                                          &adminMAC, &vlan, &MAC);
 
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            /* see if the config was saved using the PF's "port 2"
+             * netdev for the file name.
+             */
+            VIR_FREE(linkdev);
+
+            if (virHostdevNetDevice(hostdev, 1, &linkdev, &vf) >= 0) {
+                ret = virNetDevReadNetConfig(linkdev, vf, stateDir,
+                                             &adminMAC, &vlan, &MAC);
+            }
+        }
+
         if (ret == 0) {
             /* if a MAC was stored for the VF, we should now restore
              * that as the adminMAC. We have to do it this way because
diff --git a/src/util/virpci.c b/src/util/virpci.c
index 62a36b3801ce3b7624c148a6a52b5dfdff67317e..5ded77087aeeb1f0c0299ebcafc2ee0db562b035 100644
--- a/src/util/virpci.c
+++ b/src/util/virpci.c
@@ -2935,10 +2935,14 @@ virPCIGetNetName(const char *device_link_sysfs_path,
 
 int
 virPCIGetVirtualFunctionInfo(const char *vf_sysfs_device_path,
-                             char **pfname, int *vf_index)
+                             int pfNetDevIdx,
+                             char **pfname,
+                             int *vf_index)
 {
     virPCIDeviceAddressPtr pf_config_address = NULL;
     char *pf_sysfs_device_path = NULL;
+    char *vfname = NULL;
+    char *vfPhysPortID = NULL;
     int ret = -1;
 
     if (virPCIGetPhysicalFunction(vf_sysfs_device_path, &pf_config_address) < 0)
@@ -2957,8 +2961,28 @@ virPCIGetVirtualFunctionInfo(const char *vf_sysfs_device_path,
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    if (virPCIGetNetName(pf_sysfs_device_path, 0, NULL, pfname) < 0)
+    /* If the caller hasn't asked for a specific pfNetDevIdx, and VF
+     * is bound to a netdev, learn that netdev's phys_port_id (if
+     * available). This can be used to disambiguate when the PF has
+     * multiple netdevs. If the VF isn't bound to a netdev, then we
+     * return netdev[pfNetDevIdx] on the PF, which may or may not be
+     * correct.
+     */
+    if (pfNetDevIdx == -1) {
+        if (virPCIGetNetName(vf_sysfs_device_path, 0, NULL, &vfname) < 0)
+            goto cleanup;
+
+        if (vfname) {
+            if (virNetDevGetPhysPortID(vfname, &vfPhysPortID) < 0)
+                goto cleanup;
+        }
+        pfNetDevIdx = 0;
+    }
+
+    if (virPCIGetNetName(pf_sysfs_device_path,
+                         pfNetDevIdx, vfPhysPortID, pfname) < 0) {
         goto cleanup;
+    }
 
     if (!*pfname) {
         /* this shouldn't be possible. A VF can't exist unless its
@@ -2974,6 +2998,8 @@ virPCIGetVirtualFunctionInfo(const char *vf_sysfs_device_path,
  cleanup:
     VIR_FREE(pf_config_address);
     VIR_FREE(pf_sysfs_device_path);
+    VIR_FREE(vfname);
+    VIR_FREE(vfPhysPortID);
 
     return ret;
 }
@@ -3044,6 +3070,7 @@ virPCIGetNetName(const char *device_link_sysfs_path ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 
 int
 virPCIGetVirtualFunctionInfo(const char *vf_sysfs_device_path ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                             int pfNetDevIdx ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                              char **pfname ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                              int *vf_index ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
diff --git a/src/util/virpci.h b/src/util/virpci.h
index adf336706b7688e0d21c1f5e8668276837b24ae5..f1fbe39e6f17edf70c0f2a0dd2aa674866de424c 100644
--- a/src/util/virpci.h
+++ b/src/util/virpci.h
@@ -226,7 +226,9 @@ int virPCIGetAddrString(unsigned int domain,
 int virPCIDeviceAddressParse(char *address, virPCIDeviceAddressPtr bdf);
 
 int virPCIGetVirtualFunctionInfo(const char *vf_sysfs_device_path,
-                                 char **pfname, int *vf_index);
+                                 int pfNetDevIdx,
+                                 char **pfname,
+                                 int *vf_index);
 
 int virPCIDeviceUnbind(virPCIDevicePtr dev);
 int virPCIDeviceRebind(virPCIDevicePtr dev);