diff --git a/hw/net/virtio-net.c b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
index 6ff3cc35c5..2a5da2985a 100644
--- a/hw/net/virtio-net.c
+++ b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
@@ -2777,6 +2777,13 @@ static int virtio_net_post_load_device(void *opaque, int version_id)
         }
     }
 
+    if (n->rss_data.enabled) {
+        trace_virtio_net_rss_enable(n->rss_data.hash_types,
+                                    n->rss_data.indirections_len,
+                                    sizeof(n->rss_data.key));
+    } else {
+        trace_virtio_net_rss_disable();
+    }
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2954,6 +2961,32 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_net_has_vnet = {
     },
 };
 
+static bool virtio_net_rss_needed(void *opaque)
+{
+    return VIRTIO_NET(opaque)->rss_data.enabled;
+}
+
+static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_net_rss = {
+    .name      = "virtio-net-device/rss",
+    .version_id = 1,
+    .minimum_version_id = 1,
+    .needed = virtio_net_rss_needed,
+    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+        VMSTATE_BOOL(rss_data.enabled, VirtIONet),
+        VMSTATE_BOOL(rss_data.redirect, VirtIONet),
+        VMSTATE_BOOL(rss_data.populate_hash, VirtIONet),
+        VMSTATE_UINT32(rss_data.hash_types, VirtIONet),
+        VMSTATE_UINT16(rss_data.indirections_len, VirtIONet),
+        VMSTATE_UINT16(rss_data.default_queue, VirtIONet),
+        VMSTATE_UINT8_ARRAY(rss_data.key, VirtIONet,
+                            VIRTIO_NET_RSS_MAX_KEY_SIZE),
+        VMSTATE_VARRAY_UINT16_ALLOC(rss_data.indirections_table, VirtIONet,
+                                    rss_data.indirections_len, 0,
+                                    vmstate_info_uint16, uint16_t),
+        VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
+    },
+};
+
 static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_net_device = {
     .name = "virtio-net-device",
     .version_id = VIRTIO_NET_VM_VERSION,
@@ -3004,6 +3037,10 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_net_device = {
                             has_ctrl_guest_offloads),
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
    },
+    .subsections = (const VMStateDescription * []) {
+        &vmstate_virtio_net_rss,
+        NULL
+    }
 };
 
 static NetClientInfo net_virtio_info = {