diff --git a/src/util/virnetdev.c b/src/util/virnetdev.c
index aeb9caab2a1174706e1aa1a42a66c5a27eccdbda..699f2a0acbb493bab8fb6aac88eb9a6f2d916949 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdev.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetdev.c
@@ -2914,8 +2914,14 @@ virNetDevRDMAFeature(const char *ifname,
 
     if (virAsprintf(&eth_devpath, SYSFS_NET_DIR "%s/device/resource", ifname) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
-    if (!virFileExists(eth_devpath))
+
+    /* If /sys/class/net/<ifname>/device/resource doesn't exist it is not a PCI
+     * device and therefore it will not have RDMA. */
+    if (!virFileExists(eth_devpath)) {
+        ret = 0;
         goto cleanup;
+    }
+
     if (virFileReadAll(eth_devpath, RESOURCE_FILE_LEN, &eth_res_buf) < 0)
         goto cleanup;