diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index de6a631e50..4197c0507b 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -7878,15 +7878,13 @@ qemuBuildInterfaceCommandLine(virCommandPtr cmd,
     if (!bootindex)
         bootindex = net->info.bootIndex;
 
-    if (actualType == VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_VHOSTUSER)
-        return qemuBuildVhostuserCommandLine(cmd, def, net, qemuCaps, bootindex);
-
     /* Currently nothing besides TAP devices supports multiqueue. */
     if (net->driver.virtio.queues > 0 &&
         !(actualType == VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_NETWORK ||
           actualType == VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_BRIDGE ||
           actualType == VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_DIRECT ||
-          actualType == VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_ETHERNET)) {
+          actualType == VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_ETHERNET ||
+          actualType == VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_VHOSTUSER)) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
                        _("Multiqueue network is not supported for: %s"),
                        virDomainNetTypeToString(actualType));
@@ -7966,6 +7964,9 @@ qemuBuildInterfaceCommandLine(virCommandPtr cmd,
          */
         ret = 0;
         goto cleanup;
+    } else if (actualType == VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_VHOSTUSER) {
+        ret = qemuBuildVhostuserCommandLine(cmd, def, net, qemuCaps, bootindex);
+        goto cleanup;
     }
 
     /* For types whose implementations use a netdev on the host, add
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-vhostuser-fail.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-vhostuser-fail.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e9fe14f752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-vhostuser-fail.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>219136</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219136</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu</emulator>
+    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
+      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
+      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0'/>
+    <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
+    <interface type='vhostuser'>
+      <mac address='52:54:00:ee:96:6b'/>
+      <source type='unix' path='/tmp/vhost0.sock' mode='server'/>
+      <model type='virtio'/>
+      <filterref filter='myfilter'/>
+      <backend tap='/dev/mytap'/>
+      <driver queues='4'/>
+    </interface>
+    <memballoon model='none'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 3a8835d796..e8438b41e3 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1071,6 +1071,9 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("net-vhostuser-multiq",
             QEMU_CAPS_NETDEV, QEMU_CAPS_VHOSTUSER_MULTIQUEUE);
     DO_TEST_FAILURE("net-vhostuser-multiq", QEMU_CAPS_NETDEV);
+    DO_TEST_FAILURE("net-vhostuser-fail",
+                    QEMU_CAPS_NETDEV,
+                    QEMU_CAPS_VHOSTUSER_MULTIQUEUE);
     DO_TEST("net-user", NONE);
     DO_TEST("net-virtio", NONE);
     DO_TEST("net-virtio-device",