diff --git a/hw/pci.c b/hw/pci.c
index 49651d09f0..abf07cabd0 100644
--- a/hw/pci.c
+++ b/hw/pci.c
@@ -857,8 +857,8 @@ PCIDevice *pci_nic_init(NICInfo *nd, const char *default_model,
 
     pci_dev = pci_create(bus, devfn, pci_nic_names[i]);
     dev = &pci_dev->qdev;
-    if (nd->id)
-        dev->id = qemu_strdup(nd->id);
+    if (nd->name)
+        dev->id = qemu_strdup(nd->name);
     dev->nd = nd;
     if (qdev_init(dev) < 0)
         return NULL;
diff --git a/net.c b/net.c
index 8895e873af..87dcf06a3e 100644
--- a/net.c
+++ b/net.c
@@ -2414,9 +2414,6 @@ static int net_init_nic(QemuOpts *opts, Monitor *mon, const char *name)
     if (name) {
         nd->name = qemu_strdup(name);
     }
-    if (qemu_opts_id(opts)) {
-        nd->id = qemu_strdup(qemu_opts_id(opts));
-    }
     if (qemu_opt_get(opts, "model")) {
         nd->model = qemu_strdup(qemu_opt_get(opts, "model"));
     }
@@ -3032,7 +3029,6 @@ void net_client_uninit(NICInfo *nd)
     qemu_free(nd->model);
     qemu_free(nd->name);
     qemu_free(nd->devaddr);
-    qemu_free(nd->id);
 
     nd->used = 0;
 }
diff --git a/net.h b/net.h
index 49e160d322..164ea3d765 100644
--- a/net.h
+++ b/net.h
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ struct NICInfo {
     char *model;
     char *name;
     char *devaddr;
-    char *id;
     VLANState *vlan;
     VLANClientState *vc;
     void *private;