diff --git a/virtio-devices/src/device.rs b/virtio-devices/src/device.rs
index 0bab70313..d1b925799 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/src/device.rs
+++ b/virtio-devices/src/device.rs
@@ -254,20 +254,15 @@ impl VirtioCommon {
             return Err(ActivateError::BadActivate);
         }
 
-        // Do not retain virtio-net queue eventfds here. Signaling them on
-        // resume would break its `driver_awake` workaround.
-        self.queue_evts = match VirtioDeviceType::from(self.device_type) {
-            VirtioDeviceType::Net => Vec::new(),
-            _ => queues
-                .iter()
-                .map(|(_, _, queue_evt)| {
-                    queue_evt.try_clone().map_err(|e| {
-                        error!("failed cloning queue EventFd: {e}");
-                        ActivateError::BadActivate
-                    })
+        self.queue_evts = queues
+            .iter()
+            .map(|(_, _, queue_evt)| {
+                queue_evt.try_clone().map_err(|e| {
+                    error!("failed cloning queue EventFd: {e}");
+                    ActivateError::BadActivate
                 })
-                .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?,
-        };
+            })
+            .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
 
         let kill_evt = EventFd::new(EFD_NONBLOCK).map_err(|e| {
             error!("failed creating kill EventFd: {e}");
diff --git a/virtio-devices/src/net.rs b/virtio-devices/src/net.rs
index 3bb360c64..ed8c05eeb 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/src/net.rs
+++ b/virtio-devices/src/net.rs
@@ -174,11 +174,6 @@ struct NetEpollHandler {
     queue_index_base: u16,
     queue_pair: (Queue, Queue),
     queue_evt_pair: (EventFd, EventFd),
-    // Always generate interrupts until the driver has signalled to the device.
-    // This mitigates a problem with interrupts from tap events being "lost" upon
-    // a restore as the vCPU thread isn't ready to handle the interrupt. This causes
-    // issues when combined with VIRTIO_RING_F_EVENT_IDX interrupt suppression.
-    driver_awake: bool,
     device_status: Arc<AtomicU8>,
 }
 
@@ -260,7 +255,7 @@ Setting device status to 'NEEDS_RESET' and stopping processing queues until rese
             return Ok(());
         }
 
-        if res.map_err(DeviceError::NetQueuePair)? || !self.driver_awake {
+        if res.map_err(DeviceError::NetQueuePair)? {
             self.signal_used_queue(self.queue_index_base + 1)?;
             debug!("Signalling TX queue");
         } else {
@@ -296,7 +291,7 @@ Setting device status to 'NEEDS_RESET' and stopping processing queues until rese
             return Ok(());
         }
 
-        if res.map_err(DeviceError::NetQueuePair)? || !self.driver_awake {
+        if res.map_err(DeviceError::NetQueuePair)? {
             self.signal_used_queue(self.queue_index_base)?;
             debug!("Signalling RX queue");
         } else {
@@ -361,7 +356,6 @@ impl EpollHelperHandler for NetEpollHandler {
         let ev_type = event.data as u16;
         match ev_type {
             RX_QUEUE_EVENT => {
-                self.driver_awake = true;
                 self.handle_rx_event().map_err(|e| {
                     EpollHelperError::HandleEvent(anyhow!("Error processing RX queue: {e:?}"))
                 })?;
@@ -371,7 +365,6 @@ impl EpollHelperHandler for NetEpollHandler {
                 if let Err(e) = queue_evt.read() {
                     error!("Failed to get tx queue event: {e:?}");
                 }
-                self.driver_awake = true;
                 self.handle_tx_event().map_err(|e| {
                     EpollHelperError::HandleEvent(anyhow!("Error processing TX queue: {e:?}"))
                 })?;
@@ -428,8 +421,6 @@ impl EpollHelperHandler for NetEpollHandler {
                             "Error from 'rate_limiter.event_handler()': {e:?}"
                         ))
                     })?;
-
-                    self.driver_awake = true;
                     self.process_tx().map_err(|e| {
                         EpollHelperError::HandleEvent(anyhow!("Error processing TX queue: {e:?}"))
                     })?;
@@ -855,7 +846,6 @@ impl VirtioDevice for Net {
                 interrupt_cb: interrupt_cb.clone(),
                 kill_evt,
                 pause_evt,
-                driver_awake: false,
                 device_status: self.device_status.clone(),
             };