diff --git a/net/net.c b/net/net.c
index f8b1e00f37..0ad6217cb9 100644
--- a/net/net.c
+++ b/net/net.c
@@ -1077,6 +1077,7 @@ int net_client_init(QemuOpts *opts, int is_netdev, Error **errp)
     }
 
     error_propagate(errp, err);
+    opts_visitor_cleanup(ov);
     return ret;
 }