diff --git a/include/block/nbd.h b/include/block/nbd.h
index 78d101b77488..a98eb665da04 100644
--- a/include/block/nbd.h
+++ b/include/block/nbd.h
@@ -415,7 +415,8 @@ NBDClientConnection *nbd_client_connection_new(const SocketAddress *saddr,
                                                bool do_negotiation,
                                                const char *export_name,
                                                const char *x_dirty_bitmap,
-                                               QCryptoTLSCreds *tlscreds);
+                                               QCryptoTLSCreds *tlscreds,
+                                               const char *tlshostname);
 void nbd_client_connection_release(NBDClientConnection *conn);

 QIOChannel *coroutine_fn
diff --git a/block/nbd.c b/block/nbd.c
index 146d25660e86..f04634905584 100644
--- a/block/nbd.c
+++ b/block/nbd.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ typedef struct BDRVNBDState {
     SocketAddress *saddr;
     char *export, *tlscredsid;
     QCryptoTLSCreds *tlscreds;
-    const char *hostname;
+    const char *tlshostname;
     char *x_dirty_bitmap;
     bool alloc_depth;

@@ -1836,7 +1836,7 @@ static int nbd_process_options(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options,
             error_setg(errp, "TLS only supported over IP sockets");
             goto error;
         }
-        s->hostname = s->saddr->u.inet.host;
+        s->tlshostname = s->saddr->u.inet.host;
     }

     s->x_dirty_bitmap = g_strdup(qemu_opt_get(opts, "x-dirty-bitmap"));
@@ -1876,7 +1876,8 @@ static int nbd_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
     }

     s->conn = nbd_client_connection_new(s->saddr, true, s->export,
-                                        s->x_dirty_bitmap, s->tlscreds);
+                                        s->x_dirty_bitmap, s->tlscreds,
+                                        s->tlshostname);

     if (s->open_timeout) {
         nbd_client_connection_enable_retry(s->conn);
diff --git a/nbd/client-connection.c b/nbd/client-connection.c
index 2bda42641dc8..2a632931c393 100644
--- a/nbd/client-connection.c
+++ b/nbd/client-connection.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ struct NBDClientConnection {
     /* Initialization constants, never change */
     SocketAddress *saddr; /* address to connect to */
     QCryptoTLSCreds *tlscreds;
+    char *tlshostname;
     NBDExportInfo initial_info;
     bool do_negotiation;
     bool do_retry;
@@ -77,7 +78,8 @@ NBDClientConnection *nbd_client_connection_new(const SocketAddress *saddr,
                                                bool do_negotiation,
                                                const char *export_name,
                                                const char *x_dirty_bitmap,
-                                               QCryptoTLSCreds *tlscreds)
+                                               QCryptoTLSCreds *tlscreds,
+                                               const char *tlshostname)
 {
     NBDClientConnection *conn = g_new(NBDClientConnection, 1);

@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ NBDClientConnection *nbd_client_connection_new(const SocketAddress *saddr,
     *conn = (NBDClientConnection) {
         .saddr = QAPI_CLONE(SocketAddress, saddr),
         .tlscreds = tlscreds,
+        .tlshostname = g_strdup(tlshostname),
         .do_negotiation = do_negotiation,

         .initial_info.request_sizes = true,
@@ -107,6 +110,7 @@ static void nbd_client_connection_do_free(NBDClientConnection *conn)
     }
     error_free(conn->err);
     qapi_free_SocketAddress(conn->saddr);
+    g_free(conn->tlshostname);
     object_unref(OBJECT(conn->tlscreds));
     g_free(conn->initial_info.x_dirty_bitmap);
     g_free(conn->initial_info.name);
@@ -120,6 +124,7 @@ static void nbd_client_connection_do_free(NBDClientConnection *conn)
  */
 static int nbd_connect(QIOChannelSocket *sioc, SocketAddress *addr,
                        NBDExportInfo *info, QCryptoTLSCreds *tlscreds,
+                       const char *tlshostname,
                        QIOChannel **outioc, Error **errp)
 {
     int ret;
@@ -140,7 +145,7 @@ static int nbd_connect(QIOChannelSocket *sioc, SocketAddress *addr,
     }

     ret = nbd_receive_negotiate(NULL, QIO_CHANNEL(sioc), tlscreds,
-                                tlscreds ? addr->u.inet.host : NULL,
+                                tlshostname,
                                 outioc, info, errp);
     if (ret < 0) {
         /*
@@ -183,7 +188,8 @@ static void *connect_thread_func(void *opaque)

         ret = nbd_connect(conn->sioc, conn->saddr,
                           conn->do_negotiation ? &conn->updated_info : NULL,
-                          conn->tlscreds, &conn->ioc, &local_err);
+                          conn->tlscreds, conn->tlshostname,
+                          &conn->ioc, &local_err);

         /*
          * conn->updated_info will finally be returned to the user. Clear the
