diff --git a/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/blk.rs b/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/blk.rs
index 529eb517d..8221b7b50 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/blk.rs
+++ b/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/blk.rs
@@ -202,17 +202,7 @@ impl Blk {
 
 impl Drop for Blk {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
-        if let Some(kill_evt) = self.vu_common.virtio_common.kill_evt.take()
-            && let Err(e) = kill_evt.write(1)
-        {
-            error!("failed to kill vhost-user-blk: {e:?}");
-        }
-        self.vu_common.virtio_common.wait_for_epoll_threads();
-        if let Some(thread) = self.vu_common.epoll_thread.take()
-            && let Err(e) = thread.join()
-        {
-            error!("Error joining thread: {e:?}");
-        }
+        self.vu_common.shutdown();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/fs.rs b/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/fs.rs
index 71859365e..967fdecf9 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/fs.rs
+++ b/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/fs.rs
@@ -211,16 +211,7 @@ impl Fs {
 
 impl Drop for Fs {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
-        if let Some(kill_evt) = self.vu_common.virtio_common.kill_evt.take() {
-            // Ignore the result because there is nothing we can do about it.
-            let _ = kill_evt.write(1);
-        }
-        self.vu_common.virtio_common.wait_for_epoll_threads();
-        if let Some(thread) = self.vu_common.epoll_thread.take()
-            && let Err(e) = thread.join()
-        {
-            error!("Error joining thread: {e:?}");
-        }
+        self.vu_common.shutdown();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/generic_vhost_user.rs b/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/generic_vhost_user.rs
index 83f3fe465..177883443 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/generic_vhost_user.rs
+++ b/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/generic_vhost_user.rs
@@ -186,16 +186,7 @@ space access. Reads will return 0xFF and writes will be ignored."
 
 impl Drop for GenericVhostUser {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
-        if let Some(kill_evt) = self.vu_common.virtio_common.kill_evt.take() {
-            // Ignore the result because there is nothing we can do about it.
-            let _ = kill_evt.write(1);
-        }
-        self.vu_common.virtio_common.wait_for_epoll_threads();
-        if let Some(thread) = self.vu_common.epoll_thread.take()
-            && let Err(e) = thread.join()
-        {
-            error!("Error joining thread: {e:?}");
-        }
+        self.vu_common.shutdown();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/net.rs b/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/net.rs
index 7cd4e4207..1c85b5f38 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/net.rs
+++ b/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/net.rs
@@ -231,19 +231,7 @@ impl Net {
 
 impl Drop for Net {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
-        if let Some(kill_evt) = self.vu_common.virtio_common.kill_evt.take()
-            && let Err(e) = kill_evt.write(1)
-        {
-            error!("failed to kill vhost-user-net: {e:?}");
-        }
-
-        self.vu_common.virtio_common.wait_for_epoll_threads();
-
-        if let Some(thread) = self.vu_common.epoll_thread.take()
-            && let Err(e) = thread.join()
-        {
-            error!("Error joining thread: {e:?}");
-        }
+        self.vu_common.shutdown();
 
         if let Some(thread) = self.ctrl_queue_epoll_thread.take()
             && let Err(e) = thread.join()