diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_dbus.c b/src/qemu/qemu_dbus.c
index a0567e55a3..ffcf83e5da 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_dbus.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_dbus.c
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ qemuDBusStop(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 
 int
 qemuDBusSetupCgroup(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
-                    virDomainObjPtr vm)
+                    virDomainObjPtr vm,
+                    virCgroupPtr cgroup)
 {
     g_autoptr(virQEMUDriverConfig) cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(driver);
     qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ qemuDBusSetupCgroup(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         return -1;
     }
 
-    return virCgroupAddProcess(priv->cgroup, cpid);
+    return virCgroupAddProcess(cgroup, cpid);
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_dbus.h b/src/qemu/qemu_dbus.h
index 3c2145a223..e3ce1330fd 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_dbus.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_dbus.h
@@ -35,4 +35,5 @@ int qemuDBusVMStateAdd(virDomainObjPtr vm, const char *id);
 void qemuDBusVMStateRemove(virDomainObjPtr vm, const char *id);
 
 int qemuDBusSetupCgroup(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
-                        virDomainObjPtr vm);
+                        virDomainObjPtr vm,
+                        virCgroupPtr cgroup);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_extdevice.c b/src/qemu/qemu_extdevice.c
index 2fb71dd334..8fe7ceaa10 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_extdevice.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_extdevice.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ qemuExtDevicesSetupCgroup(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     virDomainDefPtr def = vm->def;
     size_t i;
 
-    if (qemuDBusSetupCgroup(driver, vm) < 0)
+    if (qemuDBusSetupCgroup(driver, vm, cgroup) < 0)
         return -1;
 
     for (i = 0; i < def->nvideos; i++) {