diff --git a/cmd/podman/machine/inspect.go b/cmd/podman/machine/inspect.go
index 89a1d4503a..81699268d0 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/machine/inspect.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/machine/inspect.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func inspect(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			Resources:          mc.Resources,
 			SSHConfig:          mc.SSH,
 			State:              state,
-			UserModeNetworking: false,
+			UserModeNetworking: provider.UserModeNetworkEnabled(mc),
 			// TODO I think this should be the HostUser
 			Rootful: mc.HostUser.Rootful,
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/machine/e2e/init_windows_test.go b/pkg/machine/e2e/init_windows_test.go
index e19b4a53b0..92acd7f8d4 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/e2e/init_windows_test.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/e2e/init_windows_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Microsoft/go-winio/vhd"
 	"github.com/containers/libhvee/pkg/hypervctl"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/pkg/machine/define"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/pkg/machine/wsl/wutil"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega/gexec"
@@ -36,6 +37,18 @@ var _ = Describe("podman machine init - windows only", func() {
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 		Expect(session).To(Exit(0))
 
+		defer func() {
+			_, err := runSystemCommand(wutil.FindWSL(),  []string{"--terminate", "podman-net-usermode"}, defaultTimeout, true)
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Println("unable to terminate podman-net-usermode")
+			}
+
+			_, err = runSystemCommand(wutil.FindWSL(),  []string{"--unregister", "podman-net-usermode"}, defaultTimeout, true)
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Println("unable to unregister podman-net-usermode")
+			}
+		}()
+
 		inspect := new(inspectMachine)
 		inspect = inspect.withFormat("{{.UserModeNetworking}}")
 		inspectSession, err := mb.setName(name).setCmd(inspect).run()
@@ -81,10 +94,6 @@ var _ = Describe("podman machine init - windows only", func() {
 	It("init should not overwrite existing WSL vms", func() {
 		skipIfNotVmtype(define.WSLVirt, "WSL test only")
 
-		var (
-			wsl string = "wsl"
-		)
-
 		name := randomString()
 		distName := fmt.Sprintf("podman-%s", name)
 		exportedPath := filepath.Join(testDir, "bogus.tar")
@@ -102,17 +111,17 @@ var _ = Describe("podman machine init - windows only", func() {
 		// a vm outside the context of podman-machine and also
 		// so we dont have to download a distribution from microsoft
 		// servers
-		exportSession, err := runSystemCommand(wsl, []string{"--export", "podman-foobarexport", exportedPath}, defaultTimeout, true)
+		exportSession, err := runSystemCommand(wutil.FindWSL(), []string{"--export", "podman-foobarexport", exportedPath}, defaultTimeout, true)
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 		Expect(exportSession).To(Exit(0))
 
 		// importing the machine and creating a vm
-		importSession, err := runSystemCommand(wsl, []string{"--import", distName, distrDir, exportedPath}, defaultTimeout, true)
+		importSession, err := runSystemCommand(wutil.FindWSL(), []string{"--import", distName, distrDir, exportedPath}, defaultTimeout, true)
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 		Expect(importSession).To(Exit(0))
 
 		defer func() {
-			_, err := runSystemCommand(wsl, []string{"--unregister", distName}, defaultTimeout, true)
+			_, err := runSystemCommand(wutil.FindWSL(), []string{"--unregister", distName}, defaultTimeout, true)
 			if err != nil {
 				fmt.Println("unable to remove bogus wsl instance")
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/machine/e2e/machine_test.go b/pkg/machine/e2e/machine_test.go
index f7af93ad17..35267ebe6d 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/e2e/machine_test.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/e2e/machine_test.go
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ func teardown(origHomeDir string, testDir string, mb *machineTestBuilder) {
 			GinkgoWriter.Printf("error occurred rm'ing machine: %q\n", err)
 		}
 	}
+
 	if err := utils.GuardedRemoveAll(testDir); err != nil {
 		Fail(fmt.Sprintf("failed to remove test dir: %q", err))
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/machine/shim/host.go b/pkg/machine/shim/host.go
index ea62c5d90b..f4de604711 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/shim/host.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/shim/host.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func List(vmstubbers []vmconfigs.VMProvider, _ machine.ListOptions) ([]*machine.
 				Port:               mc.SSH.Port,
 				RemoteUsername:     mc.SSH.RemoteUsername,
 				IdentityPath:       mc.SSH.IdentityPath,
-				UserModeNetworking: false, // TODO Need to plumb this for WSL
+				UserModeNetworking: s.UserModeNetworkEnabled(mc),
 			}
 			lrs = append(lrs, &lr)
 		}