diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 93a5e50a16..582f356209 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -323,9 +323,7 @@ if not get_option('hax').disabled()
   endif
 endif
 if targetos == 'netbsd'
-  if cc.has_header_symbol('nvmm.h', 'nvmm_cpu_stop', required: get_option('nvmm'))
-    nvmm = cc.find_library('nvmm', required: get_option('nvmm'))
-  endif
+  nvmm = cc.find_library('nvmm', required: get_option('nvmm'))
   if nvmm.found()
     accelerators += 'CONFIG_NVMM'
   endif
diff --git a/target/i386/nvmm/nvmm-all.c b/target/i386/nvmm/nvmm-all.c
index 14c996f968..9af261eea3 100644
--- a/target/i386/nvmm/nvmm-all.c
+++ b/target/i386/nvmm/nvmm-all.c
@@ -750,7 +750,11 @@ nvmm_vcpu_loop(CPUState *cpu)
         nvmm_vcpu_pre_run(cpu);
 
         if (qatomic_read(&cpu->exit_request)) {
+#if NVMM_USER_VERSION >= 2
             nvmm_vcpu_stop(vcpu);
+#else
+            qemu_cpu_kick_self();
+#endif
         }
 
         /* Read exit_request before the kernel reads the immediate exit flag */
@@ -767,6 +771,7 @@ nvmm_vcpu_loop(CPUState *cpu)
         switch (exit->reason) {
         case NVMM_VCPU_EXIT_NONE:
             break;
+#if NVMM_USER_VERSION >= 2
         case NVMM_VCPU_EXIT_STOPPED:
             /*
              * The kernel cleared the immediate exit flag; cpu->exit_request
@@ -775,6 +780,7 @@ nvmm_vcpu_loop(CPUState *cpu)
             smp_wmb();
             qcpu->stop = true;
             break;
+#endif
         case NVMM_VCPU_EXIT_MEMORY:
             ret = nvmm_handle_mem(mach, vcpu);
             break;
@@ -888,8 +894,12 @@ nvmm_ipi_signal(int sigcpu)
 {
     if (current_cpu) {
         struct qemu_vcpu *qcpu = get_qemu_vcpu(current_cpu);
+#if NVMM_USER_VERSION >= 2
         struct nvmm_vcpu *vcpu = &qcpu->vcpu;
         nvmm_vcpu_stop(vcpu);
+#else
+        qcpu->stop = true;
+#endif
     }
 }