1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/softmmu/vl.c b/softmmu/vl.c
index e69aa43de4..99fb49c7b0 100644
--- a/softmmu/vl.c
+++ b/softmmu/vl.c
@@ -2801,7 +2801,11 @@ void qemu_init(int argc, char **argv)
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_netdev:
                 default_net = 0;
-                net_client_parse(qemu_find_opts("netdev"), optarg);
+                if (netdev_is_modern(optarg)) {
+                    netdev_parse_modern(optarg);
+                } else {
+                    net_client_parse(qemu_find_opts("netdev"), optarg);
+                }
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_nic:
                 default_net = 0;