diff --git a/hw/net/vhost_net.c b/hw/net/vhost_net.c
index 2e0baeba26..9d4b334453 100644
--- a/hw/net/vhost_net.c
+++ b/hw/net/vhost_net.c
@@ -320,6 +320,9 @@ static void vhost_net_stop_one(struct vhost_net *net,
         net->nc->info->poll(net->nc, true);
     }
     vhost_dev_stop(&net->dev, dev);
+    if (net->nc->info->stop) {
+        net->nc->info->stop(net->nc);
+    }
     vhost_dev_disable_notifiers(&net->dev, dev);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/net/net.h b/include/net/net.h
index ad9e80083a..476ad45b9a 100644
--- a/include/net/net.h
+++ b/include/net/net.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ typedef struct NICConf {
 typedef void (NetPoll)(NetClientState *, bool enable);
 typedef bool (NetCanReceive)(NetClientState *);
 typedef int (NetStart)(NetClientState *);
+typedef void (NetStop)(NetClientState *);
 typedef ssize_t (NetReceive)(NetClientState *, const uint8_t *, size_t);
 typedef ssize_t (NetReceiveIOV)(NetClientState *, const struct iovec *, int);
 typedef void (NetCleanup) (NetClientState *);
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ typedef struct NetClientInfo {
     NetReceiveIOV *receive_iov;
     NetCanReceive *can_receive;
     NetStart *start;
+    NetStop *stop;
     NetCleanup *cleanup;
     LinkStatusChanged *link_status_changed;
     QueryRxFilter *query_rx_filter;