diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_postparse.c b/src/qemu/qemu_postparse.c
index 4fbd849ebf..1f9077982a 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_postparse.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_postparse.c
@@ -783,6 +783,15 @@ qemuDomainPstoreDefPostParse(virDomainPstoreDef *pstore,
 }
 
 
+static bool
+qemuDomainNeedsIOMMUWithEIM(const virDomainDef *def)
+{
+    return ARCH_IS_X86(def->os.arch) &&
+           virDomainDefGetVcpusMax(def) > QEMU_MAX_VCPUS_WITHOUT_EIM &&
+           qemuDomainIsQ35(def);
+}
+
+
 static int
 qemuDomainIOMMUDefPostParse(virDomainIOMMUDef *iommu,
                             const virDomainDef *def,
@@ -793,9 +802,7 @@ qemuDomainIOMMUDefPostParse(virDomainIOMMUDef *iommu,
      * (EIM) is not explicitly turned off, let's enable it. If we didn't then
      * guest will have troubles with interrupts. */
     if (parseFlags & VIR_DOMAIN_DEF_PARSE_ABI_UPDATE &&
-        ARCH_IS_X86(def->os.arch) &&
-        virDomainDefGetVcpusMax(def) > QEMU_MAX_VCPUS_WITHOUT_EIM &&
-        qemuDomainIsQ35(def) &&
+        qemuDomainNeedsIOMMUWithEIM(def) &&
         iommu && iommu->model == VIR_DOMAIN_IOMMU_MODEL_INTEL) {
 
         /* eim requires intremap. */
@@ -1548,9 +1555,13 @@ qemuDomainDefEnableDefaultFeatures(virDomainDef *def,
         def->features[VIR_DOMAIN_FEATURE_GIC] = VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ON;
     }
 
-    /* IOMMU with intremap requires split I/O APIC */
+    /* IOMMU with intremap requires split I/O APIC. But it may happen that
+     * domain already has IOMMU without inremap. This will be fixed in
+     * qemuDomainIOMMUDefPostParse() but there domain definition can't be
+     * modified so change it now. */
     if (def->iommu &&
-        def->iommu->intremap == VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ON &&
+        (def->iommu->intremap == VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ON ||
+         qemuDomainNeedsIOMMUWithEIM(def)) &&
         def->features[VIR_DOMAIN_FEATURE_IOAPIC] == VIR_DOMAIN_IOAPIC_NONE) {
         def->features[VIR_DOMAIN_FEATURE_IOAPIC] = VIR_DOMAIN_IOAPIC_QEMU;
     }
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/intel-iommu-eim-autoadd-v2.x86_64-latest.abi-update.args b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/intel-iommu-eim-autoadd-v2.x86_64-latest.abi-update.args
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..a7fdee3d71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/intel-iommu-eim-autoadd-v2.x86_64-latest.abi-update.args
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+intel-iommu-eim-autoadd.x86_64-latest.abi-update.args
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/intel-iommu-eim-autoadd-v2.x86_64-latest.abi-update.xml b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/intel-iommu-eim-autoadd-v2.x86_64-latest.abi-update.xml
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..928ea1b4c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/intel-iommu-eim-autoadd-v2.x86_64-latest.abi-update.xml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+intel-iommu-eim-autoadd.x86_64-latest.abi-update.xml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/intel-iommu-eim-autoadd-v2.xml b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/intel-iommu-eim-autoadd-v2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b39ee55786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/intel-iommu-eim-autoadd-v2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>219100</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219100</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>288</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='x86_64' machine='q35'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <cpu mode='custom' match='exact' check='none'>
+    <model fallback='forbid'>qemu64</model>
+  </cpu>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'/>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='none'/>
+    <controller type='sata' index='0'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1f' function='0x2'/>
+    </controller>
+    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
+    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
+    <iommu model="intel"/>
+    <audio id='1' type='none'/>
+    <watchdog model='itco' action='reset'/>
+    <memballoon model='none'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c b/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
index 23f1d9eab7..21b56dc94e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
@@ -2774,6 +2774,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("intel-iommu-dma-translation");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST_PARSE_ERROR("intel-iommu-wrong-machine");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST_ABI_UPDATE("intel-iommu-eim-autoadd");
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST_ABI_UPDATE("intel-iommu-eim-autoadd-v2");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("iommu-smmuv3", "aarch64");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("virtio-iommu-x86_64");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_VER_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-iommu-x86_64", "6.1.0");