diff --git a/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/blk.rs b/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/blk.rs
index 66958e32c..7b574a583 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/blk.rs
+++ b/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/blk.rs
@@ -192,14 +192,7 @@ impl Blk {
     }
 
     fn state(&self) -> State {
-        State {
-            avail_features: self.common.avail_features,
-            acked_features: self.common.acked_features,
-            config: self.config,
-            acked_protocol_features: self.vu_common.acked_protocol_features,
-            vu_num_queues: self.vu_common.vu_num_queues,
-            ..Default::default()
-        }
+        self.vu_common.state(&self.common, self.config)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/fs.rs b/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/fs.rs
index f9f819c0c..3ae526264 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/fs.rs
+++ b/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/fs.rs
@@ -201,14 +201,7 @@ impl Fs {
     }
 
     fn state(&self) -> State {
-        State {
-            avail_features: self.common.avail_features,
-            acked_features: self.common.acked_features,
-            config: self.config,
-            acked_protocol_features: self.vu_common.acked_protocol_features,
-            vu_num_queues: self.vu_common.vu_num_queues,
-            ..Default::default()
-        }
+        self.vu_common.state(&self.common, self.config)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/generic_vhost_user.rs b/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/generic_vhost_user.rs
index d0880b02e..2110e6842 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/generic_vhost_user.rs
+++ b/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/generic_vhost_user.rs
@@ -157,14 +157,7 @@ since the backend only supports {backend_num_queues}\n",
     }
 
     fn state(&self) -> State {
-        State {
-            avail_features: self.common.avail_features,
-            acked_features: self.common.acked_features,
-            acked_protocol_features: self.vu_common.acked_protocol_features,
-            vu_num_queues: self.vu_common.vu_num_queues,
-            backend_req_support: false,
-            ..Default::default()
-        }
+        self.vu_common.state(&self.common, ())
     }
 
     #[cold]
diff --git a/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/mod.rs b/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/mod.rs
index 863212539..811ff92e1 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/mod.rs
+++ b/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/mod.rs
@@ -457,6 +457,17 @@ impl VhostUserCommon {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    pub fn state<C: Default>(&self, common: &crate::VirtioCommon, config: C) -> VhostUserState<C> {
+        VhostUserState {
+            avail_features: common.avail_features,
+            acked_features: common.acked_features,
+            config,
+            acked_protocol_features: self.acked_protocol_features,
+            vu_num_queues: self.vu_num_queues,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn snapshot<T>(&mut self, state: &T) -> std::result::Result<Snapshot, MigratableError>
     where
         T: Serialize,
diff --git a/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/net.rs b/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/net.rs
index d6d142ba6..2145691a0 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/net.rs
+++ b/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/net.rs
@@ -221,14 +221,7 @@ impl Net {
     }
 
     fn state(&self) -> State {
-        State {
-            avail_features: self.common.avail_features,
-            acked_features: self.common.acked_features,
-            config: self.config,
-            acked_protocol_features: self.vu_common.acked_protocol_features,
-            vu_num_queues: self.vu_common.vu_num_queues,
-            ..Default::default()
-        }
+        self.vu_common.state(&self.common, self.config)
     }
 }