diff --git a/net/vhost-vdpa.c b/net/vhost-vdpa.c
index 502f6f9d3e..6e3e9f312a 100644
--- a/net/vhost-vdpa.c
+++ b/net/vhost-vdpa.c
@@ -474,20 +474,24 @@ static NetClientState *net_vhost_vdpa_init(NetClientState *peer,
     return nc;
 }
 
-static int vhost_vdpa_get_max_queue_pairs(int fd, int *has_cvq, Error **errp)
+static int vhost_vdpa_get_features(int fd, uint64_t *features, Error **errp)
+{
+    int ret = ioctl(fd, VHOST_GET_FEATURES, features);
+    if (unlikely(ret < 0)) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, errno,
+                         "Fail to query features from vhost-vDPA device");
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static int vhost_vdpa_get_max_queue_pairs(int fd, uint64_t features,
+                                          int *has_cvq, Error **errp)
 {
     unsigned long config_size = offsetof(struct vhost_vdpa_config, buf);
     g_autofree struct vhost_vdpa_config *config = NULL;
     __virtio16 *max_queue_pairs;
-    uint64_t features;
     int ret;
 
-    ret = ioctl(fd, VHOST_GET_FEATURES, &features);
-    if (ret) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Fail to query features from vhost-vDPA device");
-        return ret;
-    }
-
     if (features & (1 << VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ)) {
         *has_cvq = 1;
     } else {
@@ -517,10 +521,11 @@ int net_init_vhost_vdpa(const Netdev *netdev, const char *name,
                         NetClientState *peer, Error **errp)
 {
     const NetdevVhostVDPAOptions *opts;
+    uint64_t features;
     int vdpa_device_fd;
     g_autofree NetClientState **ncs = NULL;
     NetClientState *nc;
-    int queue_pairs, i, has_cvq = 0;
+    int queue_pairs, r, i, has_cvq = 0;
 
     assert(netdev->type == NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_VHOST_VDPA);
     opts = &netdev->u.vhost_vdpa;
@@ -534,7 +539,12 @@ int net_init_vhost_vdpa(const Netdev *netdev, const char *name,
         return -errno;
     }
 
-    queue_pairs = vhost_vdpa_get_max_queue_pairs(vdpa_device_fd,
+    r = vhost_vdpa_get_features(vdpa_device_fd, &features, errp);
+    if (unlikely(r < 0)) {
+        return r;
+    }
+
+    queue_pairs = vhost_vdpa_get_max_queue_pairs(vdpa_device_fd, features,
                                                  &has_cvq, errp);
     if (queue_pairs < 0) {
         qemu_close(vdpa_device_fd);