diff --git a/src/util/virnetdevbandwidth.c b/src/util/virnetdevbandwidth.c
index bddb788884..49fc4259a7 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdevbandwidth.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetdevbandwidth.c
@@ -101,6 +101,15 @@ virNetDevBandwidthSet(const char *ifname,
         if (virCommandRun(cmd, NULL) < 0)
             goto cleanup;
 
+        virCommandFree(cmd);
+        cmd = virCommandNew(TC);
+        virCommandAddArgList(cmd, "qdisc", "add", "dev", ifname, "parent",
+                             "1:1", "handle", "2:", "sfq", "perturb",
+                             "10", NULL);
+
+        if (virCommandRun(cmd, NULL) < 0)
+            goto cleanup;
+
         virCommandFree(cmd);
         cmd = virCommandNew(TC);
         virCommandAddArgList(cmd,"filter", "add", "dev", ifname, "parent",