diff --git a/hw/qdev.c b/hw/qdev.c
index d0052d436c..b634890068 100644
--- a/hw/qdev.c
+++ b/hw/qdev.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ void qdev_set_nic_properties(DeviceState *dev, NICInfo *nd)
         qdev_prop_set_vlan(dev, "vlan", nd->vlan);
     if (nd->netdev)
         qdev_prop_set_netdev(dev, "netdev", nd->netdev);
-    if (nd->nvectors != NIC_NVECTORS_UNSPECIFIED &&
+    if (nd->nvectors != DEV_NVECTORS_UNSPECIFIED &&
         qdev_prop_exists(dev, "vectors")) {
         qdev_prop_set_uint32(dev, "vectors", nd->nvectors);
     }
diff --git a/hw/qdev.h b/hw/qdev.h
index 0eb45b0476..adfcf795c3 100644
--- a/hw/qdev.h
+++ b/hw/qdev.h
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ enum DevState {
     DEV_STATE_INITIALIZED,
 };
 
+enum {
+    DEV_NVECTORS_UNSPECIFIED = -1,
+};
+
 /* This structure should not be accessed directly.  We declare it here
    so that it can be embedded in individual device state structures.  */
 struct DeviceState {
diff --git a/net.c b/net.c
index a1bf49fa9c..dd3962e142 100644
--- a/net.c
+++ b/net.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "sysemu.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qemu_socket.h"
+#include "hw/qdev.h"
 
 static QTAILQ_HEAD(, VLANState) vlans;
 static QTAILQ_HEAD(, VLANClientState) non_vlan_clients;
@@ -804,8 +805,9 @@ static int net_init_nic(QemuOpts *opts,
         return -1;
     }
 
-    nd->nvectors = qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "vectors", NIC_NVECTORS_UNSPECIFIED);
-    if (nd->nvectors != NIC_NVECTORS_UNSPECIFIED &&
+    nd->nvectors = qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "vectors",
+                                       DEV_NVECTORS_UNSPECIFIED);
+    if (nd->nvectors != DEV_NVECTORS_UNSPECIFIED &&
         (nd->nvectors < 0 || nd->nvectors > 0x7ffffff)) {
         qemu_error("invalid # of vectors: %d\n", nd->nvectors);
         return -1;
diff --git a/net.h b/net.h
index 33a1eafaec..16f19c5ce1 100644
--- a/net.h
+++ b/net.h
@@ -123,9 +123,6 @@ void do_set_link(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 /* NIC info */
 
 #define MAX_NICS 8
-enum {
-	NIC_NVECTORS_UNSPECIFIED = -1
-};
 
 struct NICInfo {
     uint8_t macaddr[6];