diff --git a/hw/mips/jazz.c b/hw/mips/jazz.c
index 0d2348aa5a..5bf3e328db 100644
--- a/hw/mips/jazz.c
+++ b/hw/mips/jazz.c
@@ -119,15 +119,19 @@ static const MemoryRegionOps dma_dummy_ops = {
     .endianness = DEVICE_NATIVE_ENDIAN,
 };
 
-static void mips_jazz_init_net(NICInfo *nd, IOMMUMemoryRegion *rc4030_dma_mr,
+static void mips_jazz_init_net(IOMMUMemoryRegion *rc4030_dma_mr,
                                DeviceState *rc4030, MemoryRegion *dp8393x_prom)
 {
     DeviceState *dev;
     SysBusDevice *sysbus;
     int checksum, i;
     uint8_t *prom;
+    NICInfo *nd;
 
-    qemu_check_nic_model(nd, "dp83932");
+    nd = qemu_find_nic_info("dp8393x", true, "dp82932");
+    if (!nd) {
+        return;
+    }
 
     dev = qdev_new("dp8393x");
     qdev_set_nic_properties(dev, nd);
@@ -324,12 +328,7 @@ static void mips_jazz_init(MachineState *machine,
     }
 
     /* Network controller */
-    if (nb_nics == 1) {
-        mips_jazz_init_net(&nd_table[0], rc4030_dma_mr, rc4030, dp8393x_prom);
-    } else if (nb_nics > 1) {
-        error_report("This machine only supports one NIC");
-        exit(1);
-    }
+    mips_jazz_init_net(rc4030_dma_mr, rc4030, dp8393x_prom);
 
     /* SCSI adapter */
     dev = qdev_new(TYPE_SYSBUS_ESP);