diff --git a/hw/net/vhost_net.c b/hw/net/vhost_net.c
index dcec0f730bc5426d8210286e56b24c8187c9976f..0b45043a7277d476712f8dafbfb33d1ab5795593 100644
--- a/hw/net/vhost_net.c
+++ b/hw/net/vhost_net.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ int vhost_net_start(VirtIODevice *dev, NetClientState *ncs,
     }
 
     for (i = 0; i < total_queues; i++) {
-        r = vhost_net_start_one(tap_get_vhost_net(ncs[i].peer), dev, i * 2);
+        r = vhost_net_start_one(get_vhost_net(ncs[i].peer), dev, i * 2);
 
         if (r < 0) {
             goto err;
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ int vhost_net_start(VirtIODevice *dev, NetClientState *ncs,
 
 err:
     while (--i >= 0) {
-        vhost_net_stop_one(tap_get_vhost_net(ncs[i].peer), dev);
+        vhost_net_stop_one(get_vhost_net(ncs[i].peer), dev);
     }
     return r;
 }
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ void vhost_net_stop(VirtIODevice *dev, NetClientState *ncs,
     assert(r >= 0);
 
     for (i = 0; i < total_queues; i++) {
-        vhost_net_stop_one(tap_get_vhost_net(ncs[i].peer), dev);
+        vhost_net_stop_one(get_vhost_net(ncs[i].peer), dev);
     }
 }
 
@@ -291,6 +291,25 @@ void vhost_net_virtqueue_mask(VHostNetState *net, VirtIODevice *dev,
 {
     vhost_virtqueue_mask(&net->dev, dev, idx, mask);
 }
+
+VHostNetState *get_vhost_net(NetClientState *nc)
+{
+    VHostNetState *vhost_net = 0;
+
+    if (!nc) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    switch (nc->info->type) {
+    case NET_CLIENT_OPTIONS_KIND_TAP:
+        vhost_net = tap_get_vhost_net(nc);
+        break;
+    default:
+        break;
+    }
+
+    return vhost_net;
+}
 #else
 struct vhost_net *vhost_net_init(NetClientState *backend, int devfd,
                                  bool force)
@@ -337,4 +356,9 @@ void vhost_net_virtqueue_mask(VHostNetState *net, VirtIODevice *dev,
                               int idx, bool mask)
 {
 }
+
+VHostNetState *get_vhost_net(NetClientState *nc)
+{
+    return 0;
+}
 #endif
diff --git a/hw/net/virtio-net.c b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
index 318b0339114a07f738a41592a82e2bc26198e250..d8588f38080f5ce5c9dfc28c38d4d757701ed257 100644
--- a/hw/net/virtio-net.c
+++ b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
@@ -115,14 +115,7 @@ static void virtio_net_vhost_status(VirtIONet *n, uint8_t status)
     NetClientState *nc = qemu_get_queue(n->nic);
     int queues = n->multiqueue ? n->max_queues : 1;
 
-    if (!nc->peer) {
-        return;
-    }
-    if (nc->peer->info->type != NET_CLIENT_OPTIONS_KIND_TAP) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if (!tap_get_vhost_net(nc->peer)) {
+    if (!get_vhost_net(nc->peer)) {
         return;
     }
 
@@ -132,7 +125,7 @@ static void virtio_net_vhost_status(VirtIONet *n, uint8_t status)
     }
     if (!n->vhost_started) {
         int r;
-        if (!vhost_net_query(tap_get_vhost_net(nc->peer), vdev)) {
+        if (!vhost_net_query(get_vhost_net(nc->peer), vdev)) {
             return;
         }
         n->vhost_started = 1;
@@ -465,13 +458,10 @@ static uint32_t virtio_net_get_features(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint32_t features)
         features &= ~(0x1 << VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_UFO);
     }
 
-    if (!nc->peer || nc->peer->info->type != NET_CLIENT_OPTIONS_KIND_TAP) {
-        return features;
-    }
-    if (!tap_get_vhost_net(nc->peer)) {
+    if (!get_vhost_net(nc->peer)) {
         return features;
     }
-    return vhost_net_get_features(tap_get_vhost_net(nc->peer), features);
+    return vhost_net_get_features(get_vhost_net(nc->peer), features);
 }
 
 static uint32_t virtio_net_bad_features(VirtIODevice *vdev)
@@ -535,13 +525,10 @@ static void virtio_net_set_features(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint32_t features)
     for (i = 0;  i < n->max_queues; i++) {
         NetClientState *nc = qemu_get_subqueue(n->nic, i);
 
-        if (!nc->peer || nc->peer->info->type != NET_CLIENT_OPTIONS_KIND_TAP) {
-            continue;
-        }
-        if (!tap_get_vhost_net(nc->peer)) {
+        if (!get_vhost_net(nc->peer)) {
             continue;
         }
-        vhost_net_ack_features(tap_get_vhost_net(nc->peer), features);
+        vhost_net_ack_features(get_vhost_net(nc->peer), features);
     }
 
     if ((1 << VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VLAN) & features) {
@@ -1514,7 +1501,7 @@ static bool virtio_net_guest_notifier_pending(VirtIODevice *vdev, int idx)
     VirtIONet *n = VIRTIO_NET(vdev);
     NetClientState *nc = qemu_get_subqueue(n->nic, vq2q(idx));
     assert(n->vhost_started);
-    return vhost_net_virtqueue_pending(tap_get_vhost_net(nc->peer), idx);
+    return vhost_net_virtqueue_pending(get_vhost_net(nc->peer), idx);
 }
 
 static void virtio_net_guest_notifier_mask(VirtIODevice *vdev, int idx,
@@ -1523,7 +1510,7 @@ static void virtio_net_guest_notifier_mask(VirtIODevice *vdev, int idx,
     VirtIONet *n = VIRTIO_NET(vdev);
     NetClientState *nc = qemu_get_subqueue(n->nic, vq2q(idx));
     assert(n->vhost_started);
-    vhost_net_virtqueue_mask(tap_get_vhost_net(nc->peer),
+    vhost_net_virtqueue_mask(get_vhost_net(nc->peer),
                              vdev, idx, mask);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/net/vhost_net.h b/include/net/vhost_net.h
index 2d936bb5f5ea36d637a4e55462be3704bff0de06..e2bd61c7845a66cec8a00c457ea160251ff6f07b 100644
--- a/include/net/vhost_net.h
+++ b/include/net/vhost_net.h
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ void vhost_net_ack_features(VHostNetState *net, unsigned features);
 bool vhost_net_virtqueue_pending(VHostNetState *net, int n);
 void vhost_net_virtqueue_mask(VHostNetState *net, VirtIODevice *dev,
                               int idx, bool mask);
+VHostNetState *get_vhost_net(NetClientState *nc);
 #endif