diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/service.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/service.go
index 2f15ca38ad..59e4bfee16 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/service.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/service.go
@@ -140,8 +140,10 @@ You may select another namespace by using 'minikube service {{.service}} -n <nam
 			}
 		}
 
-		if driver.NeedsPortForward(co.Config.Driver) && services != nil {
+		if driver.NeedsPortForward(co.Config.Driver) && driver.IsKIC(co.Config.Driver) && services != nil {
 			startKicServiceTunnel(services, cname, co.Config.Driver)
+		} else if driver.NeedsPortForward(co.Config.Driver) && driver.IsQEMU(co.Config.Driver) && services != nil {
+			startQemuServiceTunnel(services, cname, co.Config.Driver)
 		} else if !serviceURLMode {
 			openURLs(data)
 		}
@@ -214,6 +216,9 @@ func startKicServiceTunnel(services service.URLs, configName, driverName string)
 	<-ctrlC
 }
 
+func startQemuServiceTunnel(services service.URLs, configName, driverName string) {
+}
+
 func mutateURLs(serviceName string, urls []string) ([]string, error) {
 	formattedUrls := make([]string, 0)
 	for _, rawURL := range urls {
diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/tunnel.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/tunnel.go
index ac0ef218f2..161fa2f137 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/tunnel.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/tunnel.go
@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ var tunnelCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			cancel()
 		}()
 
-		if driver.NeedsPortForward(co.Config.Driver) {
-
+		if driver.NeedsPortForward(co.Config.Driver) && driver.IsKIC(co.Config.Driver) {
 			port, err := oci.ForwardedPort(co.Config.Driver, cname, 22)
 			if err != nil {
 				exit.Error(reason.DrvPortForward, "error getting ssh port", err)
diff --git a/pkg/addons/addons.go b/pkg/addons/addons.go
index 94016ab2e2..2b273dd6d2 100644
--- a/pkg/addons/addons.go
+++ b/pkg/addons/addons.go
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ func addonSpecificChecks(cc *config.ClusterConfig, name string, enable bool, run
 	}
 
 	if name == "registry" {
-		if driver.NeedsPortForward(cc.Driver) {
+		if driver.NeedsPortForward(cc.Driver) && driver.IsKIC(cc.Driver) {
 			port, err := oci.ForwardedPort(cc.Driver, cc.Name, constants.RegistryAddonPort)
 			if err != nil {
 				return false, errors.Wrap(err, "registry port")
diff --git a/pkg/addons/addons_autopause.go b/pkg/addons/addons_autopause.go
index 3b33b7f9bd..2e5faf86e9 100644
--- a/pkg/addons/addons_autopause.go
+++ b/pkg/addons/addons_autopause.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func enableOrDisableAutoPause(cc *config.ClusterConfig, name, val string) error
 	port := co.CP.Port // API server port
 	if enable {        // if enable, calculate the forwarded port
 		port = constants.AutoPauseProxyPort
-		if driver.NeedsPortForward(cc.Driver) {
+		if driver.NeedsPortForward(cc.Driver) && driver.IsKIC(cc.Driver) {
 			port, err = oci.ForwardedPort(cc.Driver, cc.Name, port)
 			if err != nil {
 				klog.ErrorS(err, "failed to get forwarded port for", "auto-pause port", port)