diff --git a/lib/hypervisor/hv_kvm.py b/lib/hypervisor/hv_kvm.py
index db733d6a283c7b99462c3ce02fc4105109f19325..6ecdb8647c35268ac462efd173889a4885717693 100644
--- a/lib/hypervisor/hv_kvm.py
+++ b/lib/hypervisor/hv_kvm.py
@@ -786,15 +786,10 @@ class KVMHypervisor(hv_base.BaseHypervisor):
                                     constants.HV_VNC_X509_VERIFY))
 
     boot_order = hvparams[constants.HV_BOOT_ORDER]
-
     if (boot_order == constants.HT_BO_CDROM and
         not hvparams[constants.HV_CDROM_IMAGE_PATH]):
       raise errors.HypervisorError("Cannot boot from cdrom without an"
                                    " ISO path")
-    if (boot_order == constants.HT_BO_NETWORK and
-        hvparams[constants.HV_NIC_TYPE] == constants.HT_NIC_PARAVIRTUAL):
-      raise errors.HypervisorError("Cannot boot from a paravirtual NIC. Please"
-                                   " change the NIC type.")
 
   @classmethod
   def PowercycleNode(cls):