diff --git a/internal/server/instance/drivers/driver_qemu.go b/internal/server/instance/drivers/driver_qemu.go
index 5cc43a181..c9ff235fc 100644
--- a/internal/server/instance/drivers/driver_qemu.go
+++ b/internal/server/instance/drivers/driver_qemu.go
@@ -4929,7 +4929,7 @@ func (d *qemu) addNetDevConfig(busName string, qemuDev map[string]any, bootIndex
 	defer reverter.Fail()
 
 	var devName, nicName, devHwaddr, pciSlotName, pciIOMMUGroup, vDPADevName, vhostVDPAPath, maxVQP string
-	var connected bool
+	connected := true
 	for _, nicItem := range nicConfig {
 		if nicItem.Key == "devName" {
 			devName = nicItem.Value