@@ -507,7 +507,12 @@ VHostNetState *get_vhost_net(NetClientState *nc)
switch (nc->info->type) {
case NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_TAP:
vhost_net = tap_get_vhost_net(nc);
- assert(vhost_net);
+ /*
+ * tap_get_vhost_net() can return NULL if a tap net-device backend is
+ * created with 'vhost=off' option, 'vhostforce=off' or no vhost or
+ * vhostforce or vhostfd options at all. Please see net_init_tap_one().
+ * Hence, we omit the assertion here.
+ */
break;
#ifdef CONFIG_VHOST_NET_USER
case NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_VHOST_USER: