diff --git a/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/net.rs b/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/net.rs
index 8955f91c3..a4738a22b 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/net.rs
+++ b/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/net.rs
@@ -110,19 +110,22 @@ impl Net {
         let avail_protocol_features = VhostUserProtocolFeatures::MQ
             | VhostUserProtocolFeatures::CONFIGURE_MEM_SLOTS
             | VhostUserProtocolFeatures::REPLY_ACK;
-        let backend_protocol_features =
+        let acked_protocol_features =
             if acked_features & VhostUserVirtioFeatures::PROTOCOL_FEATURES.bits() != 0 {
-                vhost_user_net
+                let backend_protocol_features = vhost_user_net
                     .get_protocol_features()
-                    .map_err(Error::VhostUserGetProtocolFeatures)?
-            } else {
-                return Err(Error::VhostUserProtocolNotSupport);
-            };
-        let acked_protocol_features = avail_protocol_features & backend_protocol_features;
+                    .map_err(Error::VhostUserGetProtocolFeatures)?;
 
-        vhost_user_net
-            .set_protocol_features(acked_protocol_features)
-            .map_err(Error::VhostUserSetProtocolFeatures)?;
+                let acked_protocol_features = avail_protocol_features & backend_protocol_features;
+
+                vhost_user_net
+                    .set_protocol_features(acked_protocol_features)
+                    .map_err(Error::VhostUserSetProtocolFeatures)?;
+
+                acked_protocol_features.bits()
+            } else {
+                0
+            };
 
         // If the control queue feature has not been negotiated, let's decrease
         // the number of queues.
@@ -131,7 +134,7 @@ impl Net {
         }
 
         let backend_num_queues =
-            if acked_protocol_features.bits() & VhostUserProtocolFeatures::MQ.bits() != 0 {
+            if acked_protocol_features & VhostUserProtocolFeatures::MQ.bits() != 0 {
                 vhost_user_net
                     .get_queue_num()
                     .map_err(Error::VhostUserGetQueueMaxNum)? as usize
@@ -160,8 +163,8 @@ impl Net {
             common: VirtioCommon {
                 device_type: VirtioDeviceType::Net as u32,
                 queue_sizes: vec![vu_cfg.queue_size; num_queues],
-                avail_features,
-                acked_features,
+                avail_features: acked_features,
+                acked_features: 0,
                 paused_sync: Some(Arc::new(Barrier::new(1))),
                 min_queues: DEFAULT_QUEUE_NUMBER as u16,
                 ..Default::default()
@@ -169,7 +172,7 @@ impl Net {
             vhost_user_net,
             config,
             guest_memory: None,
-            acked_protocol_features: acked_protocol_features.bits(),
+            acked_protocol_features,
             socket_path,
         })
     }