diff --git a/src/util/virnetdev.c b/src/util/virnetdev.c
index 0777ecaf3f..9eca786c95 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdev.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetdev.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include "virfile.h"
 #include "virerror.h"
 #include "vircommand.h"
-#include "viralloc.h"
 #include "virpci.h"
 #include "virlog.h"
 #include "virstring.h"
@@ -120,6 +119,14 @@ struct _virNetDevMcastEntry  {
         virMacAddr macaddr;
 };
 
+static void
+virNetDevMcastEntryFree(virNetDevMcastEntryPtr entry)
+{
+    VIR_FREE(entry);
+}
+
+VIR_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_FUNC(virNetDevMcastEntry, virNetDevMcastEntryFree)
+
 typedef struct _virNetDevMcastList virNetDevMcastList;
 typedef virNetDevMcastList *virNetDevMcastListPtr;
 struct _virNetDevMcastList {
diff --git a/src/util/virnetdev.h b/src/util/virnetdev.h
index 71eaf45e30..8860ea12f1 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdev.h
+++ b/src/util/virnetdev.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 # include "virmacaddr.h"
 # include "virpci.h"
 # include "virnetdevvlan.h"
+# include "viralloc.h"
 
 # ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_IFREQ
 typedef struct ifreq virIfreq;
@@ -313,4 +314,7 @@ int virNetDevSysfsFile(char **pf_sysfs_device_link,
 
 int virNetDevRunEthernetScript(const char *ifname, const char *script)
     ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
+
+VIR_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_FUNC(virNetDevRxFilter, virNetDevRxFilterFree)
+
 #endif /* __VIR_NETDEV_H__ */