diff --git a/net_util/src/tap.rs b/net_util/src/tap.rs
index 0bdf0e30f..c795dd8f0 100644
--- a/net_util/src/tap.rs
+++ b/net_util/src/tap.rs
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ impl Tap {
         unsafe { Self::ioctl_with_ref(&sock, net_gen::sockios::SIOCSIFNETMASK as c_ulong, &ifreq) }
     }
 
+    #[cfg(not(fuzzing))]
     pub fn mtu(&self) -> Result<i32> {
         let sock = create_unix_socket().map_err(Error::NetUtil)?;
 
@@ -319,6 +320,12 @@ impl Tap {
         Ok(mtu)
     }
 
+    #[cfg(fuzzing)]
+    pub fn mtu(&self) -> Result<i32> {
+        // Consistent with the `virtio_devices::net::MIN_MTU`
+        Ok(1280)
+    }
+
     pub fn set_mtu(&self, mtu: i32) -> Result<()> {
         let sock = create_unix_socket().map_err(Error::NetUtil)?;
 
@@ -383,6 +390,11 @@ impl Tap {
     pub fn get_if_name(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
         self.if_name.clone()
     }
+
+    #[cfg(fuzzing)]
+    pub fn new_for_fuzzing(tap_file: File, if_name: Vec<u8>) -> Self {
+        Tap { tap_file, if_name }
+    }
 }
 
 impl Read for Tap {
diff --git a/virtio-devices/src/net.rs b/virtio-devices/src/net.rs
index 7ce6e0d85..5ae12aab0 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/src/net.rs
+++ b/virtio-devices/src/net.rs
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ impl VersionMapped for NetState {}
 impl Net {
     /// Create a new virtio network device with the given TAP interface.
     #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
-    fn new_with_tap(
+    pub fn new_with_tap(
         id: String,
         taps: Vec<Tap>,
         guest_mac: Option<MacAddr>,
@@ -623,6 +623,11 @@ impl Net {
             queue_size: self.common.queue_sizes.clone(),
         }
     }
+
+    #[cfg(fuzzing)]
+    pub fn wait_for_epoll_threads(&mut self) {
+        self.common.wait_for_epoll_threads();
+    }
 }
 
 impl Drop for Net {
@@ -735,6 +740,7 @@ impl VirtioDevice for Net {
                 .map_err(ActivateError::CreateRateLimiter)?;
 
             let tap = taps.remove(0);
+            #[cfg(not(fuzzing))]
             tap.set_offload(virtio_features_to_tap_offload(self.common.acked_features))
                 .map_err(|e| {
                     error!("Error programming tap offload: {:?}", e);