diff --git a/hw/net/virtio-net.c b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
index 345ef9a8fd..8464eb4082 100644
--- a/hw/net/virtio-net.c
+++ b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
@@ -1232,18 +1232,6 @@ static int virtio_net_handle_announce(VirtIONet *n, uint8_t cmd,
     }
 }
 
-static void virtio_net_detach_epbf_rss(VirtIONet *n);
-
-static void virtio_net_disable_rss(VirtIONet *n)
-{
-    if (n->rss_data.enabled) {
-        trace_virtio_net_rss_disable();
-    }
-    n->rss_data.enabled = false;
-
-    virtio_net_detach_epbf_rss(n);
-}
-
 static bool virtio_net_attach_ebpf_to_backend(NICState *nic, int prog_fd)
 {
     NetClientState *nc = qemu_get_peer(qemu_get_queue(nic), 0);
@@ -1291,6 +1279,40 @@ static void virtio_net_detach_epbf_rss(VirtIONet *n)
     virtio_net_attach_ebpf_to_backend(n->nic, -1);
 }
 
+static void virtio_net_commit_rss_config(VirtIONet *n)
+{
+    if (n->rss_data.enabled) {
+        n->rss_data.enabled_software_rss = n->rss_data.populate_hash;
+        if (n->rss_data.populate_hash) {
+            virtio_net_detach_epbf_rss(n);
+        } else if (!virtio_net_attach_epbf_rss(n)) {
+            if (get_vhost_net(qemu_get_queue(n->nic)->peer)) {
+                warn_report("Can't load eBPF RSS for vhost");
+            } else {
+                warn_report("Can't load eBPF RSS - fallback to software RSS");
+                n->rss_data.enabled_software_rss = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        trace_virtio_net_rss_enable(n->rss_data.hash_types,
+                                    n->rss_data.indirections_len,
+                                    sizeof(n->rss_data.key));
+    } else {
+        virtio_net_detach_epbf_rss(n);
+        trace_virtio_net_rss_disable();
+    }
+}
+
+static void virtio_net_disable_rss(VirtIONet *n)
+{
+    if (!n->rss_data.enabled) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    n->rss_data.enabled = false;
+    virtio_net_commit_rss_config(n);
+}
+
 static bool virtio_net_load_ebpf_fds(VirtIONet *n)
 {
     int fds[EBPF_RSS_MAX_FDS] = { [0 ... EBPF_RSS_MAX_FDS - 1] = -1};
@@ -1455,28 +1477,7 @@ static uint16_t virtio_net_handle_rss(VirtIONet *n,
         goto error;
     }
     n->rss_data.enabled = true;
-
-    if (!n->rss_data.populate_hash) {
-        if (!virtio_net_attach_epbf_rss(n)) {
-            /* EBPF must be loaded for vhost */
-            if (get_vhost_net(qemu_get_queue(n->nic)->peer)) {
-                warn_report("Can't load eBPF RSS for vhost");
-                goto error;
-            }
-            /* fallback to software RSS */
-            warn_report("Can't load eBPF RSS - fallback to software RSS");
-            n->rss_data.enabled_software_rss = true;
-        }
-    } else {
-        /* use software RSS for hash populating */
-        /* and detach eBPF if was loaded before */
-        virtio_net_detach_epbf_rss(n);
-        n->rss_data.enabled_software_rss = true;
-    }
-
-    trace_virtio_net_rss_enable(n->rss_data.hash_types,
-                                n->rss_data.indirections_len,
-                                temp.b);
+    virtio_net_commit_rss_config(n);
     return queue_pairs;
 error:
     trace_virtio_net_rss_error(err_msg, err_value);
@@ -3076,26 +3077,7 @@ static int virtio_net_post_load_device(void *opaque, int version_id)
         }
     }
 
-    if (n->rss_data.enabled) {
-        n->rss_data.enabled_software_rss = n->rss_data.populate_hash;
-        if (!n->rss_data.populate_hash) {
-            if (!virtio_net_attach_epbf_rss(n)) {
-                if (get_vhost_net(qemu_get_queue(n->nic)->peer)) {
-                    warn_report("Can't post-load eBPF RSS for vhost");
-                } else {
-                    warn_report("Can't post-load eBPF RSS - "
-                                "fallback to software RSS");
-                    n->rss_data.enabled_software_rss = true;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        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();
-    }
+    virtio_net_commit_rss_config(n);
     return 0;
 }