diff --git a/contrib/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c b/contrib/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
index 4b36e35a82..cb5f5770e4 100644
--- a/contrib/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
+++ b/contrib/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
@@ -1097,7 +1097,8 @@ bool vu_set_queue_host_notifier(VuDev *dev, VuVirtq *vq, int fd,
 
     vmsg.fd_num = fd_num;
 
-    if ((dev->protocol_features & VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SLAVE_SEND_FD) == 0) {
+    if (!has_feature(dev->protocol_features,
+                     VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SLAVE_SEND_FD)) {
         return false;
     }