diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c
index 5a3d97c037..a1cdfb0590 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c
@@ -152,10 +152,13 @@ static int s390_virtio_device_init(VirtIOS390Device *dev, VirtIODevice *vdev)
 
 static int s390_virtio_net_init(VirtIOS390Device *s390_dev)
 {
+    DeviceState *qdev = DEVICE(s390_dev);
     VirtIONetS390 *dev = VIRTIO_NET_S390(s390_dev);
     DeviceState *vdev = DEVICE(&dev->vdev);
 
     virtio_net_set_config_size(&dev->vdev, s390_dev->host_features);
+    virtio_net_set_netclient_name(&dev->vdev, qdev->id,
+                                  object_get_typename(OBJECT(qdev)));
     qdev_set_parent_bus(vdev, BUS(&s390_dev->bus));
     if (qdev_init(vdev) < 0) {
         return -1;
diff --git a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
index 76e6d32b72..5f5e267558 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
@@ -550,10 +550,13 @@ static int virtio_ccw_exit(VirtioCcwDevice *dev)
 
 static int virtio_ccw_net_init(VirtioCcwDevice *ccw_dev)
 {
+    DeviceState *qdev = DEVICE(ccw_dev);
     VirtIONetCcw *dev = VIRTIO_NET_CCW(ccw_dev);
     DeviceState *vdev = DEVICE(&dev->vdev);
 
     virtio_net_set_config_size(&dev->vdev, ccw_dev->host_features[0]);
+    virtio_net_set_netclient_name(&dev->vdev, qdev->id,
+                                  object_get_typename(OBJECT(qdev)));
     qdev_set_parent_bus(vdev, BUS(&ccw_dev->bus));
     if (qdev_init(vdev) < 0) {
         return -1;
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
index 113fbd9550..70d2c6b5e3 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
@@ -1398,10 +1398,13 @@ static Property virtio_net_properties[] = {
 
 static int virtio_net_pci_init(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev)
 {
+    DeviceState *qdev = DEVICE(vpci_dev);
     VirtIONetPCI *dev = VIRTIO_NET_PCI(vpci_dev);
     DeviceState *vdev = DEVICE(&dev->vdev);
 
     virtio_net_set_config_size(&dev->vdev, vpci_dev->host_features);
+    virtio_net_set_netclient_name(&dev->vdev, qdev->id,
+                                  object_get_typename(OBJECT(qdev)));
     qdev_set_parent_bus(vdev, BUS(&vpci_dev->bus));
     if (qdev_init(vdev) < 0) {
         return -1;