diff --git a/hw/virtio-net.c b/hw/virtio-net.c
index 4fbeaebad2..29a1272feb 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-net.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-net.c
@@ -745,6 +745,7 @@ VirtIODevice *virtio_net_init(DeviceState *dev)
     n->mac_table.macs = qemu_mallocz(MAC_TABLE_ENTRIES * ETH_ALEN);
 
     n->vlans = qemu_mallocz(MAX_VLAN >> 3);
+    n->vdev.nvectors = 3;
 
     register_savevm("virtio-net", virtio_net_id++, VIRTIO_NET_VM_VERSION,
                     virtio_net_save, virtio_net_load, n);