diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
index 7b7ca6dd71f0..1231757b7a92 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
@@ -16854,6 +16854,22 @@ class LibvirtConnTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase,
             mock_get_net_name.assert_called_once_with(parent_address)
             mock_dev_lookup.assert_called_once_with(dev_name)
 
+    def test_get_pcinet_info_raises(self):
+        drvr = libvirt_driver.LibvirtDriver(fake.FakeVirtAPI(), False)
+        dev_name = "net_enp2s2_02_9a_a1_37_be_54"
+        parent_address = "pci_0000_04_11_7"
+
+        with mock.patch.object(pci_utils, 'get_net_name_by_vf_pci_address',
+                return_value=dev_name) as mock_get_net_name, \
+                mock.patch.object(
+                    drvr._host, 'device_lookup_by_name',
+                    side_effect=fakelibvirt.libvirtError("message")
+                ) as mock_dev_lookup:
+            actualvf = drvr._get_pcinet_info(parent_address)
+            self.assertIsNone(actualvf)
+            mock_get_net_name.assert_called_once_with(parent_address)
+            mock_dev_lookup.assert_called_once_with(dev_name)
+
     @mock.patch.object(pci_utils, 'get_ifname_by_pci_address')
     def test_get_pcidev_info_non_nic(self, mock_get_ifname):
         self.stub_out('nova.virt.libvirt.host.Host.device_lookup_by_name',
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
index 49ef4673eaf3..47901a78cad3 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
@@ -6894,9 +6894,13 @@ class LibvirtDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
         """Returns a dict of NET device."""
         devname = pci_utils.get_net_name_by_vf_pci_address(vf_address)
         if not devname:
-            return
+            return None
 
-        virtdev = self._host.device_lookup_by_name(devname)
+        try:
+            virtdev = self._host.device_lookup_by_name(devname)
+        except libvirt.libvirtError as ex:
+            LOG.warning(ex)
+            return None
         xmlstr = virtdev.XMLDesc(0)
         cfgdev = vconfig.LibvirtConfigNodeDevice()
         cfgdev.parse_str(xmlstr)