diff --git a/drivers/net/vhost/rte_eth_vhost.c b/drivers/net/vhost/rte_eth_vhost.c
index 4d255c610f..f44e6bbebe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vhost/rte_eth_vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vhost/rte_eth_vhost.c
@@ -1335,6 +1335,8 @@ eth_dev_vhost_create(struct rte_vdev_device *dev, char *iface_name,
 	internal->disable_flags = disable_flags;
 	data->dev_link = pmd_link;
 	data->dev_flags = RTE_ETH_DEV_INTR_LSC | RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE;
+	data->promiscuous = 1;
+	data->all_multicast = 1;
 
 	eth_dev->dev_ops = &ops;