diff --git a/hw/net/e1000e_core.c b/hw/net/e1000e_core.c
index 954a007151..95245c42f5 100644
--- a/hw/net/e1000e_core.c
+++ b/hw/net/e1000e_core.c
@@ -1240,12 +1240,6 @@ e1000e_build_rx_metadata(E1000ECore *core,
         goto func_exit;
     }
 
-    if (!net_rx_pkt_has_virt_hdr(pkt)) {
-        trace_e1000e_rx_metadata_no_virthdr();
-        e1000e_verify_csum_in_sw(core, pkt, status_flags, istcp, isudp);
-        goto func_exit;
-    }
-
     vhdr = net_rx_pkt_get_vhdr(pkt);
 
     if (!(vhdr->flags & VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID) &&
@@ -1671,12 +1665,10 @@ e1000e_write_packet_to_guest(E1000ECore *core, struct NetRxPkt *pkt,
 static inline void
 e1000e_rx_fix_l4_csum(E1000ECore *core, struct NetRxPkt *pkt)
 {
-    if (net_rx_pkt_has_virt_hdr(pkt)) {
-        struct virtio_net_hdr *vhdr = net_rx_pkt_get_vhdr(pkt);
+    struct virtio_net_hdr *vhdr = net_rx_pkt_get_vhdr(pkt);
 
-        if (vhdr->flags & VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM) {
-            net_rx_pkt_fix_l4_csum(pkt);
-        }
+    if (vhdr->flags & VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM) {
+        net_rx_pkt_fix_l4_csum(pkt);
     }
 }
 
@@ -3379,7 +3371,7 @@ e1000e_core_pci_realize(E1000ECore     *core,
         net_tx_pkt_init(&core->tx[i].tx_pkt, core->owner, E1000E_MAX_TX_FRAGS);
     }
 
-    net_rx_pkt_init(&core->rx_pkt, core->has_vnet);
+    net_rx_pkt_init(&core->rx_pkt);
 
     e1000x_core_prepare_eeprom(core->eeprom,
                                eeprom_templ,
diff --git a/hw/net/net_rx_pkt.c b/hw/net/net_rx_pkt.c
index 1e1c504e42..b309c2f476 100644
--- a/hw/net/net_rx_pkt.c
+++ b/hw/net/net_rx_pkt.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ struct NetRxPkt {
     uint32_t tot_len;
     uint16_t tci;
     size_t ehdr_buf_len;
-    bool has_virt_hdr;
     eth_pkt_types_e packet_type;
 
     /* Analysis results */
@@ -48,10 +47,9 @@ struct NetRxPkt {
     eth_l4_hdr_info  l4hdr_info;
 };
 
-void net_rx_pkt_init(struct NetRxPkt **pkt, bool has_virt_hdr)
+void net_rx_pkt_init(struct NetRxPkt **pkt)
 {
     struct NetRxPkt *p = g_malloc0(sizeof *p);
-    p->has_virt_hdr = has_virt_hdr;
     p->vec = NULL;
     p->vec_len_total = 0;
     *pkt = p;
@@ -472,13 +470,6 @@ bool net_rx_pkt_is_vlan_stripped(struct NetRxPkt *pkt)
     return pkt->ehdr_buf_len ? true : false;
 }
 
-bool net_rx_pkt_has_virt_hdr(struct NetRxPkt *pkt)
-{
-    assert(pkt);
-
-    return pkt->has_virt_hdr;
-}
-
 uint16_t net_rx_pkt_get_vlan_tag(struct NetRxPkt *pkt)
 {
     assert(pkt);
diff --git a/hw/net/net_rx_pkt.h b/hw/net/net_rx_pkt.h
index 048e3461f0..7277907a22 100644
--- a/hw/net/net_rx_pkt.h
+++ b/hw/net/net_rx_pkt.h
@@ -37,10 +37,9 @@ void net_rx_pkt_uninit(struct NetRxPkt *pkt);
  * Init function for rx packet functionality
  *
  * @pkt:            packet pointer
- * @has_virt_hdr:   device uses virtio header
  *
  */
-void net_rx_pkt_init(struct NetRxPkt **pkt, bool has_virt_hdr);
+void net_rx_pkt_init(struct NetRxPkt **pkt);
 
 /**
  * returns total length of data attached to rx context
@@ -214,15 +213,6 @@ uint16_t net_rx_pkt_get_vlan_tag(struct NetRxPkt *pkt);
  */
 bool net_rx_pkt_is_vlan_stripped(struct NetRxPkt *pkt);
 
-/**
- * notifies caller if the packet has virtio header
- *
- * @pkt:            packet
- * @ret:            true if packet has virtio header, false otherwize
- *
- */
-bool net_rx_pkt_has_virt_hdr(struct NetRxPkt *pkt);
-
 /**
 * attach scatter-gather data to rx packet
 *
diff --git a/hw/net/trace-events b/hw/net/trace-events
index c98ad12537..f7257a0693 100644
--- a/hw/net/trace-events
+++ b/hw/net/trace-events
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ e1000e_rx_metadata_rss(uint32_t rss, uint32_t mrq) "RSS data: rss: 0x%X, mrq: 0x
 e1000e_rx_metadata_ip_id(uint16_t ip_id) "the IPv4 ID is 0x%X"
 e1000e_rx_metadata_ack(void) "the packet is TCP ACK"
 e1000e_rx_metadata_pkt_type(uint32_t pkt_type) "the packet type is %u"
-e1000e_rx_metadata_no_virthdr(void) "the packet has no virt-header"
 e1000e_rx_metadata_virthdr_no_csum_info(void) "virt-header does not contain checksum info"
 e1000e_rx_metadata_l3_cso_disabled(void) "IP4 CSO is disabled"
 e1000e_rx_metadata_l4_cso_disabled(void) "TCP/UDP CSO is disabled"
diff --git a/hw/net/virtio-net.c b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
index 3ae909041a..1795e1aa7d 100644
--- a/hw/net/virtio-net.c
+++ b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
@@ -3703,7 +3703,7 @@ static void virtio_net_device_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     QTAILQ_INIT(&n->rsc_chains);
     n->qdev = dev;
 
-    net_rx_pkt_init(&n->rx_pkt, false);
+    net_rx_pkt_init(&n->rx_pkt);
 
     if (virtio_has_feature(n->host_features, VIRTIO_NET_F_RSS)) {
         virtio_net_load_ebpf(n);
diff --git a/hw/net/vmxnet3.c b/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
index 8c3f5d6e14..f0ded333aa 100644
--- a/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
+++ b/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
@@ -851,10 +851,6 @@ static void vmxnet3_rx_need_csum_calculate(struct NetRxPkt *pkt,
     uint8_t *data;
     int len;
 
-    if (!net_rx_pkt_has_virt_hdr(pkt)) {
-        return;
-    }
-
     vhdr = net_rx_pkt_get_vhdr(pkt);
     if (!VMXNET_FLAG_IS_SET(vhdr->flags, VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM)) {
         return;
@@ -898,10 +894,6 @@ static void vmxnet3_rx_update_descr(struct NetRxPkt *pkt,
         rxcd->tci = net_rx_pkt_get_vlan_tag(pkt);
     }
 
-    if (!net_rx_pkt_has_virt_hdr(pkt)) {
-        goto nocsum;
-    }
-
     vhdr = net_rx_pkt_get_vhdr(pkt);
     /*
      * Checksum is valid when lower level tell so or when lower level
@@ -1522,7 +1514,7 @@ static void vmxnet3_activate_device(VMXNET3State *s)
     /* Preallocate TX packet wrapper */
     VMW_CFPRN("Max TX fragments is %u", s->max_tx_frags);
     net_tx_pkt_init(&s->tx_pkt, PCI_DEVICE(s), s->max_tx_frags);
-    net_rx_pkt_init(&s->rx_pkt, s->peer_has_vhdr);
+    net_rx_pkt_init(&s->rx_pkt);
 
     /* Read rings memory locations for RX queues */
     for (i = 0; i < s->rxq_num; i++) {
@@ -2402,7 +2394,7 @@ static int vmxnet3_post_load(void *opaque, int version_id)
     VMXNET3State *s = opaque;
 
     net_tx_pkt_init(&s->tx_pkt, PCI_DEVICE(s), s->max_tx_frags);
-    net_rx_pkt_init(&s->rx_pkt, s->peer_has_vhdr);
+    net_rx_pkt_init(&s->rx_pkt);
 
     if (s->msix_used) {
         vmxnet3_use_msix_vectors(s, VMXNET3_MAX_INTRS);
