diff --git a/lib/netdev-dpdk.c b/lib/netdev-dpdk.c
index 1aaf6f7..ade813b 100644
--- a/lib/netdev-dpdk.c
+++ b/lib/netdev-dpdk.c
@@ -947,35 +947,27 @@ vhost_common_construct(struct netdev *netdev)
 }
 
 static int
-netdev_dpdk_vhost_construct(struct netdev *netdev)
+dpdk_setup_vhost_device(struct netdev_dpdk *dev, bool client_mode)
 {
-    struct netdev_dpdk *dev = netdev_dpdk_cast(netdev);
-    const char *name = netdev->name;
-    int err;
+    const char *name = dev->up.name;
+    uint64_t flags = dev->vhost_driver_flags;
+    int err = 0;
 
-    /* 'name' is appended to 'vhost_sock_dir' and used to create a socket in
-     * the file system. '/' or '\' would traverse directories, so they're not
-     * acceptable in 'name'. */
-    if (strchr(name, '/') || strchr(name, '\\')) {
-        VLOG_ERR("\"%s\" is not a valid name for a vhost-user port. "
-                 "A valid name must not include '/' or '\\'",
-                 name);
-        return EINVAL;
+    if (client_mode) {
+        flags |= RTE_VHOST_USER_CLIENT;
     }
 
-    ovs_mutex_lock(&dpdk_mutex);
-    /* Take the name of the vhost-user port and append it to the location where
-     * the socket is to be created, then register the socket.
-     */
-    snprintf(dev->vhost_id, sizeof dev->vhost_id, "%s/%s",
-             dpdk_get_vhost_sock_dir(), name);
-
-    dev->vhost_driver_flags &= ~RTE_VHOST_USER_CLIENT;
-    err = rte_vhost_driver_register(dev->vhost_id, dev->vhost_driver_flags);
+    err = rte_vhost_driver_register(dev->vhost_id, flags);
     if (err) {
         VLOG_ERR("vhost-user socket device setup failure for socket %s\n",
                  dev->vhost_id);
-        goto out;
+        return err;
+    } else if (client_mode) {
+            /* Configuration successful */
+            dev->vhost_driver_flags |= RTE_VHOST_USER_CLIENT;
+            VLOG_INFO("vHost User device '%s' created in 'client' mode, "
+                      "using client socket '%s'",
+                      name, dev->vhost_id);
     } else {
         fatal_signal_add_file_to_unlink(dev->vhost_id);
         VLOG_INFO("Socket %s created for vhost-user port %s\n",
@@ -983,11 +975,11 @@ netdev_dpdk_vhost_construct(struct netdev *netdev)
     }
 
     err = rte_vhost_driver_callback_register(dev->vhost_id,
-                                                &virtio_net_device_ops);
+                                             &virtio_net_device_ops);
     if (err) {
         VLOG_ERR("rte_vhost_driver_callback_register failed for vhost user "
                  "port: %s\n", name);
-        goto out;
+        return err;
     }
 
     err = rte_vhost_driver_disable_features(dev->vhost_id,
@@ -997,13 +989,46 @@ netdev_dpdk_vhost_construct(struct netdev *netdev)
     if (err) {
         VLOG_ERR("rte_vhost_driver_disable_features failed for vhost user "
                  "port: %s\n", name);
-        goto out;
+        return err;
     }
 
     err = rte_vhost_driver_start(dev->vhost_id);
     if (err) {
         VLOG_ERR("rte_vhost_driver_start failed for vhost user "
-                 "port: %s\n", name);
+                "port: %s\n", name);
+        return err;
+    }
+
+    return err;
+}
+
+static int
+netdev_dpdk_vhost_construct(struct netdev *netdev)
+{
+    struct netdev_dpdk *dev = netdev_dpdk_cast(netdev);
+    const char *name = netdev->name;
+    int err;
+
+    /* 'name' is appended to 'vhost_sock_dir' and used to create a socket in
+     * the file system. '/' or '\' would traverse directories, so they're not
+     * acceptable in 'name'. */
+    if (strchr(name, '/') || strchr(name, '\\')) {
+        VLOG_ERR("\"%s\" is not a valid name for a vhost-user port. "
+                 "A valid name must not include '/' or '\\'",
+                 name);
+        return EINVAL;
+    }
+
+    ovs_mutex_lock(&dpdk_mutex);
+    /* Take the name of the vhost-user port and append it to the location where
+     * the socket is to be created, then register the socket.
+     */
+    snprintf(dev->vhost_id, sizeof dev->vhost_id, "%s/%s",
+             dpdk_get_vhost_sock_dir(), name);
+
+    dev->vhost_driver_flags &= ~RTE_VHOST_USER_CLIENT;
+    err = dpdk_setup_vhost_device(dev, false);
+    if (err) {
         goto out;
     }
 
@@ -3262,42 +3287,8 @@ netdev_dpdk_vhost_client_reconfigure(struct netdev *netdev)
     if (!(dev->vhost_driver_flags & RTE_VHOST_USER_CLIENT)
             && strlen(dev->vhost_id)) {
         /* Register client-mode device */
-        err = rte_vhost_driver_register(dev->vhost_id,
-                                        RTE_VHOST_USER_CLIENT);
-        if (err) {
-            VLOG_ERR("vhost-user device setup failure for device %s\n",
-                     dev->vhost_id);
-            goto unlock;
-        } else {
-            /* Configuration successful */
-            dev->vhost_driver_flags |= RTE_VHOST_USER_CLIENT;
-            VLOG_INFO("vHost User device '%s' created in 'client' mode, "
-                      "using client socket '%s'",
-                      dev->up.name, dev->vhost_id);
-        }
-
-        err = rte_vhost_driver_callback_register(dev->vhost_id,
-                                                 &virtio_net_device_ops);
-        if (err) {
-            VLOG_ERR("rte_vhost_driver_callback_register failed for "
-                     "vhost user client port: %s\n", dev->up.name);
-            goto unlock;
-        }
-
-        err = rte_vhost_driver_disable_features(dev->vhost_id,
-                                    1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_TSO4
-                                    | 1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_TSO6
-                                    | 1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_CSUM);
-        if (err) {
-            VLOG_ERR("rte_vhost_driver_disable_features failed for vhost user "
-                     "client port: %s\n", dev->up.name);
-            goto unlock;
-        }
-
-        err = rte_vhost_driver_start(dev->vhost_id);
+        err = dpdk_setup_vhost_device(dev, true);
         if (err) {
-            VLOG_ERR("rte_vhost_driver_start failed for vhost user "
-                     "client port: %s\n", dev->up.name);
             goto unlock;
         }
     }
