diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 2efbf1a4b3200f7ae6fb70967dea49ac99688eee..c5b8d91f9a0e8deffe9e769b12048f75e681e929 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -5230,8 +5230,8 @@ qemuDomainDeviceNetDefPostParse(virDomainNetDefPtr net,
                                 virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps)
 {
     if (net->type != VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_HOSTDEV &&
-        virDomainNetResolveActualType(net) != VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_HOSTDEV &&
-        !virDomainNetGetModelString(net))
+        !virDomainNetGetModelString(net) &&
+        virDomainNetResolveActualType(net) != VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_HOSTDEV)
         net->model = qemuDomainDefaultNetModel(def, qemuCaps);
 
     return 0;