diff --git a/virtcontainers/qemu.go b/virtcontainers/qemu.go
index b23168fe5..633eb1bd3 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/qemu.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/qemu.go
@@ -1942,6 +1942,7 @@ func (q *qemu) fromGrpc(ctx context.Context, hypervisorConfig *HypervisorConfig,
 
 	q.qemuConfig.SMP = qp.QemuSMP
 
+	q.arch.setBridges(q.state.Bridges)
 	return nil
 }