diff --git a/hw/net/virtio-net.c b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
index b6fac9cc2b..c23284f8b0 100644
--- a/hw/net/virtio-net.c
+++ b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
@@ -446,6 +446,9 @@ static uint32_t virtio_net_get_features(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint32_t features)
     VirtIONet *n = VIRTIO_NET(vdev);
     NetClientState *nc = qemu_get_queue(n->nic);
 
+    /* Firstly sync all virtio-net possible supported features */
+    features |= n->host_features;
+
     virtio_add_feature(&features, VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC);
 
     if (!peer_has_vnet_hdr(n)) {
@@ -1552,7 +1555,7 @@ static void virtio_net_guest_notifier_mask(VirtIODevice *vdev, int idx,
                              vdev, idx, mask);
 }
 
-void virtio_net_set_config_size(VirtIONet *n, uint32_t host_features)
+static void virtio_net_set_config_size(VirtIONet *n, uint32_t host_features)
 {
     int i, config_size = 0;
     virtio_add_feature(&host_features, VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC);
@@ -1585,6 +1588,7 @@ static void virtio_net_device_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     NetClientState *nc;
     int i;
 
+    virtio_net_set_config_size(n, n->host_features);
     virtio_init(vdev, "virtio-net", VIRTIO_ID_NET, n->config_size);
 
     n->max_queues = MAX(n->nic_conf.peers.queues, 1);
@@ -1721,6 +1725,7 @@ static void virtio_net_instance_init(Object *obj)
 }
 
 static Property virtio_net_properties[] = {
+    DEFINE_VIRTIO_NET_FEATURES(VirtIONet, host_features),
     DEFINE_NIC_PROPERTIES(VirtIONet, nic_conf),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("x-txtimer", VirtIONet, net_conf.txtimer,
                                                TX_TIMER_INTERVAL),
diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c
index 047c963698..b893e023b8 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ static void s390_virtio_net_realize(VirtIOS390Device *s390_dev, Error **errp)
     DeviceState *vdev = DEVICE(&dev->vdev);
     Error *err = NULL;
 
-    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));
@@ -508,7 +507,6 @@ static unsigned virtio_s390_get_features(DeviceState *d)
 
 static Property s390_virtio_net_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_VIRTIO_COMMON_FEATURES(VirtIOS390Device, host_features),
-    DEFINE_VIRTIO_NET_FEATURES(VirtIOS390Device, host_features),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
index 0434f56637..e6e9f9d68f 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
@@ -779,7 +779,6 @@ static void virtio_ccw_net_realize(VirtioCcwDevice *ccw_dev, Error **errp)
     DeviceState *vdev = DEVICE(&dev->vdev);
     Error *err = NULL;
 
-    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));
@@ -1403,7 +1402,6 @@ static int virtio_ccw_load_config(DeviceState *d, QEMUFile *f)
 
 static Property virtio_ccw_net_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_STRING("devno", VirtioCcwDevice, bus_id),
-    DEFINE_VIRTIO_NET_FEATURES(VirtioCcwDevice, host_features[0]),
     DEFINE_PROP_BIT("ioeventfd", VirtioCcwDevice, flags,
                     VIRTIO_CCW_FLAG_USE_IOEVENTFD_BIT, true),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
index 5ea4656a03..07b2a67c3f 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
@@ -1369,7 +1369,6 @@ static Property virtio_net_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_BIT("ioeventfd", VirtIOPCIProxy, flags,
                     VIRTIO_PCI_FLAG_USE_IOEVENTFD_BIT, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("vectors", VirtIOPCIProxy, nvectors, 3),
-    DEFINE_VIRTIO_NET_FEATURES(VirtIOPCIProxy, host_features),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
@@ -1379,7 +1378,6 @@ static void virtio_net_pci_realize(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev, Error **errp)
     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));
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-net.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-net.h
index 4c2fe83b6b..e0dbb418ad 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-net.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-net.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ typedef struct VirtIONet {
     uint32_t has_vnet_hdr;
     size_t host_hdr_len;
     size_t guest_hdr_len;
+    uint32_t host_features;
     uint8_t has_ufo;
     int mergeable_rx_bufs;
     uint8_t promisc;
@@ -137,7 +138,6 @@ typedef struct VirtIONet {
     DEFINE_PROP_INT32("x-txburst", _state, _field.txburst, TX_BURST),          \
     DEFINE_PROP_STRING("tx", _state, _field.tx)
 
-void virtio_net_set_config_size(VirtIONet *n, uint32_t host_features);
 void virtio_net_set_netclient_name(VirtIONet *n, const char *name,
                                    const char *type);