diff --git a/src/vmm/src/devices/virtio/block/vhost_user/mod.rs b/src/vmm/src/devices/virtio/block/vhost_user/mod.rs
index 713f61ef178..8d4d9f44261 100644
--- a/src/vmm/src/devices/virtio/block/vhost_user/mod.rs
+++ b/src/vmm/src/devices/virtio/block/vhost_user/mod.rs
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ pub const QUEUE_SIZE: u16 = 256;
 pub enum VhostUserBlockError {
     /// Cannot create config
     Config,
-    /// Persistence error: {0}
-    Persist(crate::devices::virtio::persist::PersistError),
+    /// Snapshotting of vhost-user-blk devices is not supported
+    SnapshottingNotSupported,
     /// Vhost-user error: {0}
     VhostUser(VhostUserError),
     /// Vhost error: {0}
diff --git a/src/vmm/src/devices/virtio/block/vhost_user/persist.rs b/src/vmm/src/devices/virtio/block/vhost_user/persist.rs
index e4beb73d2d7..abaa20e012c 100644
--- a/src/vmm/src/devices/virtio/block/vhost_user/persist.rs
+++ b/src/vmm/src/devices/virtio/block/vhost_user/persist.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ impl Persist<'_> for VhostUserBlock {
         _constructor_args: Self::ConstructorArgs,
         _state: &Self::State,
     ) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        unimplemented!("VhostUserBlock does not support snapshotting yet");
+        Err(VhostUserBlockError::SnapshottingNotSupported)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/vmm/src/dumbo/tcp/handler.rs b/src/vmm/src/dumbo/tcp/handler.rs
index 6b118f5e3ea..d8e903a46b6 100644
--- a/src/vmm/src/dumbo/tcp/handler.rs
+++ b/src/vmm/src/dumbo/tcp/handler.rs
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ pub struct TcpIPv4Handler {
     // This map holds the currently active endpoints, identified by their connection tuple.
     connections: HashMap<ConnectionTuple, Endpoint>,
     // Maximum number of concurrent connections we are willing to handle.
-    max_connections: usize,
+    max_connections: NonZeroUsize,
     // Holds connections which are able to send segments immediately.
     active_connections: HashSet<ConnectionTuple>,
     // Remembers the closest timestamp into the future when one of the connections has to deal
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ pub struct TcpIPv4Handler {
     // RST segments awaiting to be sent.
     rst_queue: Vec<(ConnectionTuple, RstConfig)>,
     // Maximum size of the RST queue.
-    max_pending_resets: usize,
+    max_pending_resets: NonZeroUsize,
 }
 
 // Only used locally, in the receive_packet method, to differentiate between different outcomes
@@ -164,16 +164,14 @@ impl TcpIPv4Handler {
         max_connections: NonZeroUsize,
         max_pending_resets: NonZeroUsize,
     ) -> Self {
-        let max_connections = max_connections.get();
-        let max_pending_resets = max_pending_resets.get();
         TcpIPv4Handler {
             local_ipv4_addr,
             local_port,
-            connections: HashMap::with_capacity(max_connections),
+            connections: HashMap::with_capacity(max_connections.get()),
             max_connections,
-            active_connections: HashSet::with_capacity(max_connections),
+            active_connections: HashSet::with_capacity(max_connections.get()),
             next_timeout: None,
-            rst_queue: Vec::with_capacity(max_pending_resets),
+            rst_queue: Vec::with_capacity(max_pending_resets.get()),
             max_pending_resets,
         }
     }
@@ -194,12 +192,12 @@ impl TcpIPv4Handler {
     }
 
     /// Returns the max connections of this TCP handler.
-    pub fn max_connections(&self) -> usize {
+    pub fn max_connections(&self) -> NonZeroUsize {
         self.max_connections
     }
 
     /// Returns the max pending resets of this TCP handler.
-    pub fn max_pending_resets(&self) -> usize {
+    pub fn max_pending_resets(&self) -> NonZeroUsize {
         self.max_pending_resets
     }
 
@@ -257,7 +255,7 @@ impl TcpIPv4Handler {
                     Err(_) => return Ok(RecvEvent::FailedNewConnection),
                 };
 
-                if self.connections.len() >= self.max_connections {
+                if self.connections.len() >= self.max_connections.get() {
                     if let Some(evict_tuple) = self.find_evictable_connection() {
                         let rst_config = self.connections[&evict_tuple]
                             .connection()
@@ -363,7 +361,7 @@ impl TcpIPv4Handler {
 
     fn enqueue_rst_config(&mut self, tuple: ConnectionTuple, cfg: RstConfig) {
         // We simply forgo sending any RSTs if the queue is already full.
-        if self.rst_queue.len() < self.max_pending_resets {
+        if self.rst_queue.len() < self.max_pending_resets.get() {
             self.rst_queue.push((tuple, cfg));
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/vmm/src/mmds/persist.rs b/src/vmm/src/mmds/persist.rs
index abd16750b21..0b4b06519de 100644
--- a/src/vmm/src/mmds/persist.rs
+++ b/src/vmm/src/mmds/persist.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 //! Defines the structures needed for saving/restoring MmdsNetworkStack.
 
 use std::net::Ipv4Addr;
+use std::num::NonZeroUsize;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -19,8 +20,8 @@ pub struct MmdsNetworkStackState {
     mac_addr: [u8; MAC_ADDR_LEN as usize],
     ipv4_addr: u32,
     tcp_port: u16,
-    max_connections: usize,
-    max_pending_resets: usize,
+    max_connections: NonZeroUsize,
+    max_pending_resets: NonZeroUsize,
 }
 
 impl Persist<'_> for MmdsNetworkStack {
@@ -49,8 +50,8 @@ impl Persist<'_> for MmdsNetworkStack {
             MacAddr::from_bytes_unchecked(&state.mac_addr),
             Ipv4Addr::from(state.ipv4_addr),
             state.tcp_port,
-            std::num::NonZeroUsize::new(state.max_connections).unwrap(),
-            std::num::NonZeroUsize::new(state.max_pending_resets).unwrap(),
+            state.max_connections,
+            state.max_pending_resets,
             mmds,
         ))
     }