diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.h b/include/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.h
index 5407d54fd7..eb1a56d75a 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.h
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ typedef struct VhostVDPAHostNotifier {
     void *addr;
 } VhostVDPAHostNotifier;
 
+/* Info shared by all vhost_vdpa device models */
+typedef struct vhost_vdpa_shared {
+} VhostVDPAShared;
+
 typedef struct vhost_vdpa {
     int device_fd;
     int index;
@@ -46,6 +50,7 @@ typedef struct vhost_vdpa {
     bool suspended;
     /* IOVA mapping used by the Shadow Virtqueue */
     VhostIOVATree *iova_tree;
+    VhostVDPAShared *shared;
     GPtrArray *shadow_vqs;
     const VhostShadowVirtqueueOps *shadow_vq_ops;
     void *shadow_vq_ops_opaque;
diff --git a/net/vhost-vdpa.c b/net/vhost-vdpa.c
index d0614d7954..8b661b9e6d 100644
--- a/net/vhost-vdpa.c
+++ b/net/vhost-vdpa.c
@@ -240,6 +240,10 @@ static void vhost_vdpa_cleanup(NetClientState *nc)
         qemu_close(s->vhost_vdpa.device_fd);
         s->vhost_vdpa.device_fd = -1;
     }
+    if (s->vhost_vdpa.index != 0) {
+        return;
+    }
+    g_free(s->vhost_vdpa.shared);
 }
 
 /** Dummy SetSteeringEBPF to support RSS for vhost-vdpa backend  */
@@ -1661,6 +1665,7 @@ static NetClientState *net_vhost_vdpa_init(NetClientState *peer,
                                        bool svq,
                                        struct vhost_vdpa_iova_range iova_range,
                                        uint64_t features,
+                                       VhostVDPAShared *shared,
                                        Error **errp)
 {
     NetClientState *nc = NULL;
@@ -1696,6 +1701,7 @@ static NetClientState *net_vhost_vdpa_init(NetClientState *peer,
     if (queue_pair_index == 0) {
         vhost_vdpa_net_valid_svq_features(features,
                                           &s->vhost_vdpa.migration_blocker);
+        s->vhost_vdpa.shared = g_new0(VhostVDPAShared, 1);
     } else if (!is_datapath) {
         s->cvq_cmd_out_buffer = mmap(NULL, vhost_vdpa_net_cvq_cmd_page_len(),
                                      PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
@@ -1708,11 +1714,16 @@ static NetClientState *net_vhost_vdpa_init(NetClientState *peer,
         s->vhost_vdpa.shadow_vq_ops_opaque = s;
         s->cvq_isolated = cvq_isolated;
     }
+    if (queue_pair_index != 0) {
+        s->vhost_vdpa.shared = shared;
+    }
+
     ret = vhost_vdpa_add(nc, (void *)&s->vhost_vdpa, queue_pair_index, nvqs);
     if (ret) {
         qemu_del_net_client(nc);
         return NULL;
     }
+
     return nc;
 }
 
@@ -1824,17 +1835,26 @@ int net_init_vhost_vdpa(const Netdev *netdev, const char *name,
     ncs = g_malloc0(sizeof(*ncs) * queue_pairs);
 
     for (i = 0; i < queue_pairs; i++) {
+        VhostVDPAShared *shared = NULL;
+
+        if (i) {
+            shared = DO_UPCAST(VhostVDPAState, nc, ncs[0])->vhost_vdpa.shared;
+        }
         ncs[i] = net_vhost_vdpa_init(peer, TYPE_VHOST_VDPA, name,
                                      vdpa_device_fd, i, 2, true, opts->x_svq,
-                                     iova_range, features, errp);
+                                     iova_range, features, shared, errp);
         if (!ncs[i])
             goto err;
     }
 
     if (has_cvq) {
+        VhostVDPAState *s0 = DO_UPCAST(VhostVDPAState, nc, ncs[0]);
+        VhostVDPAShared *shared = s0->vhost_vdpa.shared;
+
         nc = net_vhost_vdpa_init(peer, TYPE_VHOST_VDPA, name,
                                  vdpa_device_fd, i, 1, false,
-                                 opts->x_svq, iova_range, features, errp);
+                                 opts->x_svq, iova_range, features, shared,
+                                 errp);
         if (!nc)
             goto err;
     }