diff --git a/net.c b/net.c
index 43627ad8c8c15f24d18e4acc097ca5b69c9746b5..05fc685fece7bd50d657216e2abfc8437caaf158 100644
--- a/net.c
+++ b/net.c
@@ -830,14 +830,15 @@ static const struct {
     const char *type;
     net_client_init_func init;
     QemuOptDesc desc[NET_MAX_DESC];
-} net_client_types[] = {
-    {
+} net_client_types[NET_CLIENT_TYPE_MAX] = {
+    [NET_CLIENT_TYPE_NONE] = {
         .type = "none",
         .desc = {
             NET_COMMON_PARAMS_DESC,
             { /* end of list */ }
         },
-    }, {
+    },
+    [NET_CLIENT_TYPE_NIC] = {
         .type = "nic",
         .init = net_init_nic,
         .desc = {
@@ -866,8 +867,9 @@ static const struct {
             },
             { /* end of list */ }
         },
+    },
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLIRP
-    }, {
+    [NET_CLIENT_TYPE_USER] = {
         .type = "user",
         .init = net_init_slirp,
         .desc = {
@@ -927,8 +929,9 @@ static const struct {
             },
             { /* end of list */ }
         },
+    },
 #endif
-    }, {
+    [NET_CLIENT_TYPE_TAP] = {
         .type = "tap",
         .init = net_init_tap,
         .desc = {
@@ -975,7 +978,8 @@ static const struct {
 #endif /* _WIN32 */
             { /* end of list */ }
         },
-    }, {
+    },
+    [NET_CLIENT_TYPE_SOCKET] = {
         .type = "socket",
         .init = net_init_socket,
         .desc = {
@@ -1003,8 +1007,9 @@ static const struct {
             },
             { /* end of list */ }
         },
+    },
 #ifdef CONFIG_VDE
-    }, {
+    [NET_CLIENT_TYPE_VDE] = {
         .type = "vde",
         .init = net_init_vde,
         .desc = {
@@ -1028,8 +1033,9 @@ static const struct {
             },
             { /* end of list */ }
         },
+    },
 #endif
-    }, {
+    [NET_CLIENT_TYPE_DUMP] = {
         .type = "dump",
         .init = net_init_dump,
         .desc = {
@@ -1046,7 +1052,6 @@ static const struct {
             { /* end of list */ }
         },
     },
-    { /* end of list */ }
 };
 
 int net_client_init(Monitor *mon, QemuOpts *opts, int is_netdev)
@@ -1094,8 +1099,9 @@ int net_client_init(Monitor *mon, QemuOpts *opts, int is_netdev)
         name = qemu_opt_get(opts, "name");
     }
 
-    for (i = 0; net_client_types[i].type != NULL; i++) {
-        if (!strcmp(net_client_types[i].type, type)) {
+    for (i = 0; i < NET_CLIENT_TYPE_MAX; i++) {
+        if (net_client_types[i].type != NULL &&
+            !strcmp(net_client_types[i].type, type)) {
             VLANState *vlan = NULL;
             int ret;
 
@@ -1330,7 +1336,7 @@ void net_check_clients(void)
             case NET_CLIENT_TYPE_NIC:
                 has_nic = 1;
                 break;
-            case NET_CLIENT_TYPE_SLIRP:
+            case NET_CLIENT_TYPE_USER:
             case NET_CLIENT_TYPE_TAP:
             case NET_CLIENT_TYPE_SOCKET:
             case NET_CLIENT_TYPE_VDE:
diff --git a/net.h b/net.h
index 5b883a96bacee1d9cff5a49b40a7efbbe4a1b2f8..4fdd9420bcc6fd21b4aefa9c7e1f24d924a66eb5 100644
--- a/net.h
+++ b/net.h
@@ -31,11 +31,13 @@ typedef struct NICConf {
 typedef enum {
     NET_CLIENT_TYPE_NONE,
     NET_CLIENT_TYPE_NIC,
-    NET_CLIENT_TYPE_SLIRP,
+    NET_CLIENT_TYPE_USER,
     NET_CLIENT_TYPE_TAP,
     NET_CLIENT_TYPE_SOCKET,
     NET_CLIENT_TYPE_VDE,
-    NET_CLIENT_TYPE_DUMP
+    NET_CLIENT_TYPE_DUMP,
+
+    NET_CLIENT_TYPE_MAX
 } net_client_type;
 
 typedef void (NetPoll)(VLANClientState *, bool enable);
diff --git a/net/slirp.c b/net/slirp.c
index 71e2577b6feb67fb115a8229506c638aaad35657..157b80a9f6d56b74c572502367b81d9bb934a38c 100644
--- a/net/slirp.c
+++ b/net/slirp.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static void net_slirp_cleanup(VLANClientState *nc)
 }
 
 static NetClientInfo net_slirp_info = {
-    .type = NET_CLIENT_TYPE_SLIRP,
+    .type = NET_CLIENT_TYPE_USER,
     .size = sizeof(SlirpState),
     .receive = net_slirp_receive,
     .cleanup = net_slirp_cleanup,