diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/Cargo.toml b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
index 93743c4943..98d013e634 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ path-clean = "1.0.1"
 lazy_static = "1.4"
 tracing = "0.1.36"
 
+dbs-utils = { path = "../../../dragonball/src/dbs_utils" }
 kata-sys-util = { path = "../../../libs/kata-sys-util" }
 kata-types = { path = "../../../libs/kata-types" }
 logging = { path = "../../../libs/logging" }
@@ -43,7 +44,6 @@ crossbeam-channel = "0.5.6"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "s390x"))'.dependencies]
 dragonball = { path = "../../../dragonball", features = ["atomic-guest-memory", "virtio-vsock", "hotplug", "virtio-blk", "virtio-net", "virtio-fs", "vhost-net", "dbs-upcall", "virtio-mem", "virtio-balloon", "vhost-user-net", "host-device"] }
-dbs-utils = { path = "../../../dragonball/src/dbs_utils" }
 
 [features]
 default = []
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/utils.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/utils.rs
index 6a2794ae6c..7e3606dabb 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/utils.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
+use dbs_utils::net::Tap;
 use kata_types::config::KATA_PATH;
 use nix::{
     fcntl,
@@ -81,3 +82,21 @@ pub fn enter_netns(netns_path: &str) -> Result<()> {
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+pub fn open_named_tuntap(if_name: &str, queues: u32) -> Result<Vec<File>> {
+    let (multi_vq, vq_pairs) = if queues > 1 {
+        (true, queues as usize)
+    } else {
+        (false, 1_usize)
+    };
+
+    let tap: Tap = Tap::open_named(if_name, multi_vq).context("open named tuntap device failed")?;
+    let taps: Vec<Tap> = tap.into_mq_taps(vq_pairs).context("into mq taps failed.")?;
+
+    let mut tap_files: Vec<std::fs::File> = Vec::new();
+    for tap in taps {
+        tap_files.push(tap.tap_file);
+    }
+
+    Ok(tap_files)
+}