diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index b5f1d7de0a..8699b88220 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -7073,6 +7073,54 @@ qemuAppendDomainFeaturesMachineParam(virBuffer *buf,
 }
 
 
+static int
+qemuAppendDomainMemoryMachineParams(virBuffer *buf,
+                                    virQEMUDriverConfig *cfg,
+                                    const virDomainDef *def,
+                                    virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps)
+{
+    size_t i;
+
+    if (def->mem.dump_core) {
+        virBufferAsprintf(buf, ",dump-guest-core=%s",
+                          virTristateSwitchTypeToString(def->mem.dump_core));
+    } else {
+        virBufferAsprintf(buf, ",dump-guest-core=%s",
+                          cfg->dumpGuestCore ? "on" : "off");
+    }
+
+    if (def->mem.nosharepages)
+        virBufferAddLit(buf, ",mem-merge=off");
+
+    for (i = 0; i < def->nmems; i++) {
+        if (def->mems[i]->model == VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_MODEL_NVDIMM) {
+            virBufferAddLit(buf, ",nvdimm=on");
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!virDomainNumaGetNodeCount(def->numa)) {
+        const char *defaultRAMid = NULL;
+
+        /* QEMU is obsoleting -mem-path and -mem-prealloc. That means we have
+         * to switch to memory-backend-* even for regular RAM and to keep
+         * domain migratable we have to set the same ID as older QEMUs would.
+         * If domain has no NUMA nodes and QEMU is new enough to expose ID of
+         * the default RAM we want to use it for default RAM (construct
+         * memory-backend-* with corresponding attributes instead of obsolete
+         * -mem-path and -mem-prealloc).
+         * This generates only reference for the memory-backend-* object added
+         * later in qemuBuildMemCommandLine() */
+        defaultRAMid = virQEMUCapsGetMachineDefaultRAMid(qemuCaps,
+                                                         def->virtType,
+                                                         def->os.machine);
+        if (defaultRAMid)
+            virBufferAsprintf(buf, ",memory-backend=%s", defaultRAMid);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static int
 qemuBuildMachineCommandLine(virCommand *cmd,
                             virQEMUDriverConfig *cfg,
@@ -7082,7 +7130,6 @@ qemuBuildMachineCommandLine(virCommand *cmd,
 {
     virCPUDef *cpu = def->cpu;
     g_auto(virBuffer) buf = VIR_BUFFER_INITIALIZER;
-    size_t i;
 
     virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-machine");
     virBufferAdd(&buf, def->os.machine, -1);
@@ -7092,17 +7139,6 @@ qemuBuildMachineCommandLine(virCommand *cmd,
      */
     virBufferAddLit(&buf, ",usb=off");
 
-    if (def->mem.dump_core) {
-        virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",dump-guest-core=%s",
-                          virTristateSwitchTypeToString(def->mem.dump_core));
-    } else {
-        virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",dump-guest-core=%s",
-                          cfg->dumpGuestCore ? "on" : "off");
-    }
-
-    if (def->mem.nosharepages)
-        virBufferAddLit(&buf, ",mem-merge=off");
-
     if (def->keywrap &&
         !qemuAppendKeyWrapMachineParms(&buf, qemuCaps, def->keywrap))
         return -1;
@@ -7128,12 +7164,8 @@ qemuBuildMachineCommandLine(virCommand *cmd,
         }
     }
 
-    for (i = 0; i < def->nmems; i++) {
-        if (def->mems[i]->model == VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_MODEL_NVDIMM) {
-            virBufferAddLit(&buf, ",nvdimm=on");
-            break;
-        }
-    }
+    if (qemuAppendDomainMemoryMachineParams(&buf, cfg, def, qemuCaps) < 0)
+        return -1;
 
     if (cpu && cpu->model &&
         cpu->mode == VIR_CPU_MODE_HOST_MODEL &&
@@ -7174,25 +7206,6 @@ qemuBuildMachineCommandLine(virCommand *cmd,
     if (virDomainNumaHasHMAT(def->numa))
         virBufferAddLit(&buf, ",hmat=on");
 
-    if (!virDomainNumaGetNodeCount(def->numa)) {
-        const char *defaultRAMid = NULL;
-
-        /* QEMU is obsoleting -mem-path and -mem-prealloc. That means we have
-         * to switch to memory-backend-* even for regular RAM and to keep
-         * domain migratable we have to set the same ID as older QEMUs would.
-         * If domain has no NUMA nodes and QEMU is new enough to expose ID of
-         * the default RAM we want to use it for default RAM (construct
-         * memory-backend-* with corresponding attributes instead of obsolete
-         * -mem-path and -mem-prealloc).
-         * This generates only reference for the memory-backend-* object added
-         * later in qemuBuildMemCommandLine() */
-        defaultRAMid = virQEMUCapsGetMachineDefaultRAMid(qemuCaps,
-                                                         def->virtType,
-                                                         def->os.machine);
-        if (defaultRAMid)
-            virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",memory-backend=%s", defaultRAMid);
-    }
-
     /* On x86 targets, graphics=off activates the serial console
      * output mode in the firmware. On non-x86 targets it has
      * various other undesirable effects that we certainly do
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-aavmf-virtio-mmio.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-aavmf-virtio-mmio.args
index f41907ce2b..bce0fb3be2 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-aavmf-virtio-mmio.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-aavmf-virtio-mmio.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=aarch64test,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/master-key.aes \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2 \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu cortex-a53 \
 -m 1024 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-cpu-passthrough.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-cpu-passthrough.args
index b22f8b1de4..365a9b95bd 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-cpu-passthrough.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-cpu-passthrough.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=aarch64test,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/master-key.aes \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2 \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel kvm \
 -cpu host \
 -m 1024 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-default-cpu-kvm-virt-4.2.aarch64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-default-cpu-kvm-virt-4.2.aarch64-latest.args
index c17bcad5cf..ea798c2511 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-default-cpu-kvm-virt-4.2.aarch64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-default-cpu-kvm-virt-4.2.aarch64-latest.args
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.config \
 -name guest=guest,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine virt-4.2,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=3,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram \
+-machine virt-4.2,usb=off,gic-version=3,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram \
 -accel kvm \
 -m 4096 \
 -object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-ram","id":"mach-virt.ram","size":4294967296}' \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-default-cpu-tcg-virt-4.2.aarch64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-default-cpu-tcg-virt-4.2.aarch64-latest.args
index 12d80b1f02..793584c4eb 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-default-cpu-tcg-virt-4.2.aarch64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-default-cpu-tcg-virt-4.2.aarch64-latest.args
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.config \
 -name guest=guest,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine virt-4.2,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram \
+-machine virt-4.2,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu cortex-a15 \
 -m 4096 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-features-sve.aarch64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-features-sve.aarch64-latest.args
index 9b5485c957..7c4e011e57 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-features-sve.aarch64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-features-sve.aarch64-latest.args
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.config \
 -name guest=guest,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=3,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=3,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram \
 -accel kvm \
 -cpu host,sve512=on,sve384=off,sve256=on,sve128=on,sve=on \
 -m 1024 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-gic-host.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-gic-host.args
index a064d52b7d..a3afd2393d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-gic-host.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-gic-host.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=aarch64test,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/master-key.aes \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=host \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=host,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel kvm \
 -cpu host \
 -m 1024 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-gic-none-tcg.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-gic-none-tcg.args
index 48c856f517..5925c3768f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-gic-none-tcg.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-gic-none-tcg.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=guest,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/master-key.aes \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2 \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu cortex-a57 \
 -m 1024 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-gic-v2.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-gic-v2.args
index 43e142372d..76efb79ef1 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-gic-v2.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-gic-v2.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=aarch64test,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/master-key.aes \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2 \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel kvm \
 -cpu host \
 -m 1024 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-gic-v3.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-gic-v3.args
index 2cc39ab3b5..14363365cd 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-gic-v3.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-gic-v3.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=aarch64test,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/master-key.aes \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=3 \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=3,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel kvm \
 -cpu host \
 -m 1024 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-pci-serial.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-pci-serial.args
index 89dee4243e..1e25999906 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-pci-serial.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-pci-serial.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=aarch64test,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/master-key.aes \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2 \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -m 1024 \
 -overcommit mem-lock=off \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-tpm.aarch64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-tpm.aarch64-latest.args
index 3125460a95..89ae9bc61c 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-tpm.aarch64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-tpm.aarch64-latest.args
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/.config \
 -name guest=aarch64test,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu cortex-a15 \
 -m 1024 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-traditional-pci.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-traditional-pci.args
index 939e938231..204ecd621e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-traditional-pci.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-traditional-pci.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=guest,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/master-key.aes \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2 \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -m 1024 \
 -overcommit mem-lock=off \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-usb-controller-nec-xhci.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-usb-controller-nec-xhci.args
index fbb40f8529..6d5308f6c3 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-usb-controller-nec-xhci.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-usb-controller-nec-xhci.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2 \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -m 214 \
 -overcommit mem-lock=off \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-usb-controller-qemu-xhci.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-usb-controller-qemu-xhci.args
index f7deb39419..8f3d2a3aba 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-usb-controller-qemu-xhci.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-usb-controller-qemu-xhci.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2 \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -m 214 \
 -overcommit mem-lock=off \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-video-default.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-video-default.args
index 19050eb340..94d771cfd9 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-video-default.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-video-default.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=aarch64-vgpu,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64-vgpu/master-key.aes \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2 \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu cortex-a57 \
 -m 1024 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-video-virtio-gpu-pci.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-video-virtio-gpu-pci.args
index ce9144c820..a376806bc6 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-video-virtio-gpu-pci.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-video-virtio-gpu-pci.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=aarch64-vgpu,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64-vgpu/master-key.aes \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2 \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu cortex-a57 \
 -m 1024 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virt-2.6-virtio-pci-default.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virt-2.6-virtio-pci-default.args
index ac5cf85c85..228d7aaac3 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virt-2.6-virtio-pci-default.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virt-2.6-virtio-pci-default.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=aarch64test,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/master-key.aes \
--machine virt-2.6,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2 \
+-machine virt-2.6,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu cortex-a53 \
 -m 1024 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virt-default-nic.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virt-default-nic.args
index 229c2fca89..b7c9f566a4 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virt-default-nic.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virt-default-nic.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=aarch64-virt-default-nic,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64-virt-default/master-key.aes \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2 \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu cortex-a53 \
 -m 1024 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virt-graphics.aarch64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virt-graphics.aarch64-latest.args
index 4d670b6663..27cd328007 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virt-graphics.aarch64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virt-graphics.aarch64-latest.args
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.config \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/some/user/nvram/path/guest_VARS.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash1-storage"}' \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu cortex-a15 \
 -m 4096 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virt-headless.aarch64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virt-headless.aarch64-latest.args
index 37e3fdeeeb..5dc81dc18b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virt-headless.aarch64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virt-headless.aarch64-latest.args
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.config \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/some/user/nvram/path/guest_VARS.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash1-storage"}' \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu cortex-a15 \
 -m 4096 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virt-virtio.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virt-virtio.args
index c20f80928c..7d5e0a7924 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virt-virtio.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virt-virtio.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=aarch64test,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/master-key.aes \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2 \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu cortex-a53 \
 -m 1024 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virtio-pci-default.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virtio-pci-default.args
index 4c63049723..813a67eb7d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virtio-pci-default.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virtio-pci-default.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=aarch64test,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/master-key.aes \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2 \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu cortex-a53 \
 -m 1024 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virtio-pci-manual-addresses.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virtio-pci-manual-addresses.args
index 4951a60cd0..a9b865e171 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virtio-pci-manual-addresses.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virtio-pci-manual-addresses.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=aarch64test,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/master-key.aes \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2 \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu cortex-a53 \
 -m 1024 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/balloon-mmio-deflate.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/balloon-mmio-deflate.args
index 6837a3e578..ed11e80733 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/balloon-mmio-deflate.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/balloon-mmio-deflate.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=aarch64test,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/master-key.aes \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2 \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu cortex-a53 \
 -m 1024 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/clock-timer-armvtimer.aarch64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/clock-timer-armvtimer.aarch64-latest.args
index 1a5fc89d8a..ce489c3711 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/clock-timer-armvtimer.aarch64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/clock-timer-armvtimer.aarch64-latest.args
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.config \
 -name guest=guest,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=3,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=3,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram \
 -accel kvm \
 -cpu host,kvm-no-adjvtime=on \
 -m 4096 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/default-video-type-aarch64.aarch64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/default-video-type-aarch64.aarch64-latest.args
index e13a2be3f0..6afb7a8f18 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/default-video-type-aarch64.aarch64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/default-video-type-aarch64.aarch64-latest.args
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-default-video-type-a/.config \
 -name guest=default-video-type-aarch64-test,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-default-video-type-a/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=3,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=3,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram \
 -accel kvm \
 -m 1024 \
 -object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-ram","id":"mach-virt.ram","size":1073741824}' \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-aarch64.aarch64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-aarch64.aarch64-latest.args
index 93f808aba9..b8959f89f4 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-aarch64.aarch64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-aarch64.aarch64-latest.args
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/.config \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/aarch64test_VARS.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash1-storage"}' \
--machine virt-4.0,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram \
+-machine virt-4.0,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu cortex-a15 \
 -m 1024 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-enrolled-keys.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-enrolled-keys.x86_64-latest.args
index a9391d7921..0b02464963 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-enrolled-keys.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-enrolled-keys.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-fedora/.config \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/fedora_VARS.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash1-storage"}' \
--machine pc-q35-4.0,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,smm=on,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-machine pc-q35-4.0,usb=off,smm=on,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format \
 -accel kvm \
 -cpu qemu64 \
 -global driver=cfi.pflash01,property=secure,value=on \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-loader-secure.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-loader-secure.x86_64-latest.args
index a9391d7921..0b02464963 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-loader-secure.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-loader-secure.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-fedora/.config \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/fedora_VARS.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash1-storage"}' \
--machine pc-q35-4.0,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,smm=on,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-machine pc-q35-4.0,usb=off,smm=on,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format \
 -accel kvm \
 -cpu qemu64 \
 -global driver=cfi.pflash01,property=secure,value=on \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-no-enrolled-keys.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-no-enrolled-keys.x86_64-latest.args
index b2cc6d3ab8..a1ef95ee03 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-no-enrolled-keys.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-no-enrolled-keys.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-fedora/.config \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/fedora_VARS.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash1-storage"}' \
--machine pc-q35-4.0,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-machine pc-q35-4.0,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format \
 -accel kvm \
 -cpu qemu64 \
 -m 8 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-no-secboot.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-no-secboot.x86_64-latest.args
index b2cc6d3ab8..a1ef95ee03 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-no-secboot.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-no-secboot.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-fedora/.config \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/fedora_VARS.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash1-storage"}' \
--machine pc-q35-4.0,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-machine pc-q35-4.0,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format \
 -accel kvm \
 -cpu qemu64 \
 -m 8 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-nvram.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-nvram.x86_64-latest.args
index 9795dedc7c..3659889bf3 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-nvram.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-nvram.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-fedora/.config \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/path/to/fedora_VARS.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash1-storage"}' \
--machine pc-q35-4.0,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,smm=on,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-machine pc-q35-4.0,usb=off,smm=on,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format \
 -accel kvm \
 -cpu qemu64 \
 -global driver=cfi.pflash01,property=secure,value=on \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-secboot.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-secboot.x86_64-latest.args
index a9391d7921..0b02464963 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-secboot.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-secboot.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-fedora/.config \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/fedora_VARS.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash1-storage"}' \
--machine pc-q35-4.0,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,smm=on,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-machine pc-q35-4.0,usb=off,smm=on,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format \
 -accel kvm \
 -cpu qemu64 \
 -global driver=cfi.pflash01,property=secure,value=on \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-stateless.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-stateless.x86_64-latest.args
index 89f733761e..b79c141b18 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-stateless.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-stateless.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-fedora/.config \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-fedora/master-key.aes"}' \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF.sev.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \
--machine pc-q35-4.0,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-machine pc-q35-4.0,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format \
 -accel kvm \
 -cpu qemu64 \
 -m 8 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi.x86_64-latest.args
index a9391d7921..0b02464963 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-fedora/.config \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/fedora_VARS.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash1-storage"}' \
--machine pc-q35-4.0,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,smm=on,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-machine pc-q35-4.0,usb=off,smm=on,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format \
 -accel kvm \
 -cpu qemu64 \
 -global driver=cfi.pflash01,property=secure,value=on \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-bios-rw-implicit.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-bios-rw-implicit.x86_64-latest.args
index 9830078318..7a0d663f81 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-bios-rw-implicit.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-bios-rw-implicit.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/.config \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/master-key.aes"}' \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/test-bios.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \
--machine pc,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-machine pc,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu qemu64 \
 -m 1024 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-bios-rw.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-bios-rw.x86_64-latest.args
index 9830078318..7a0d663f81 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-bios-rw.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-bios-rw.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/.config \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/master-key.aes"}' \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/test-bios.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \
--machine pc,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-machine pc,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu qemu64 \
 -m 1024 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-acpi-aarch64.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-acpi-aarch64.args
index ef98c940f7..e2f03f697c 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-acpi-aarch64.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-acpi-aarch64.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=guest,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/master-key.aes \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2 \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -drive file=/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd,if=pflash,format=raw,unit=0,readonly=on \
 -drive file=/some/user/nvram/path/guest_VARS.fd,if=pflash,format=raw,unit=1 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-noacpi-aarch64.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-noacpi-aarch64.args
index f3aa947e52..06da86c827 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-noacpi-aarch64.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-noacpi-aarch64.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=guest,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/master-key.aes \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2 \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -drive file=/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd,if=pflash,format=raw,unit=0,readonly=on \
 -drive file=/some/user/nvram/path/guest_VARS.fd,if=pflash,format=raw,unit=1 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-nvram-file.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-nvram-file.x86_64-latest.args
index bede23b678..d3ee7c0fee 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-nvram-file.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-nvram-file.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/.config \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/var/lib/libvirt/nvram/guest_VARS.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash1-storage"}' \
--machine pc,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-machine pc,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu qemu64 \
 -m 1024 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-nvram-network-iscsi.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-nvram-network-iscsi.x86_64-latest.args
index 868a5c6465..07f2180cd8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-nvram-network-iscsi.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-nvram-network-iscsi.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/.config \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"libvirt-pflash1-storage-auth-secret0","data":"9eao5F8qtkGt+seB1HYivWIxbtwUu6MQtg1zpj/oDtUsPr1q8wBYM91uEHCn6j/1","keyid":"masterKey0","iv":"AAECAwQFBgcICQoLDA0ODw==","format":"base64"}' \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"iscsi","portal":"example.com:6000","target":"iqn.2013-07.com.example:iscsi-nopool","lun":0,"transport":"tcp","user":"myname","password-secret":"libvirt-pflash1-storage-auth-secret0","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash1-storage"}' \
--machine pc,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-machine pc,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu qemu64 \
 -m 1024 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-nvram-network-nbd.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-nvram-network-nbd.x86_64-latest.args
index 7ea855e02c..f2864f6086 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-nvram-network-nbd.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-nvram-network-nbd.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/.config \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"nbd","server":{"type":"inet","host":"example.org","port":"6000"},"export":"bar","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash1-storage"}' \
--machine pc,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-machine pc,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu qemu64 \
 -m 1024 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-nvram-template.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-nvram-template.x86_64-latest.args
index de7245fed0..1d24a734c6 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-nvram-template.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-nvram-template.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/.config \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/test-bios_VARS.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash1-storage"}' \
--machine pc,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-machine pc,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu qemu64 \
 -m 1024 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-secure.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-secure.args
index 1a5f83e489..fe0f78599b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-secure.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-secure.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=test-bios,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/master-key.aes \
--machine q35,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,smm=on \
+-machine q35,usb=off,smm=on,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -global driver=cfi.pflash01,property=secure,value=on \
 -drive file=/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd,if=pflash,format=raw,unit=0,readonly=on \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-stateless.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-stateless.x86_64-latest.args
index fa4a677ce9..e87c2d6638 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-stateless.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-efi-stateless.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/.config \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/master-key.aes"}' \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \
--machine pc,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-machine pc,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu qemu64 \
 -m 1024 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-noefi-noacpi-aarch64.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-noefi-noacpi-aarch64.args
index 293085b105..b175607f1a 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-noefi-noacpi-aarch64.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-manual-noefi-noacpi-aarch64.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=guest,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/master-key.aes \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2 \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -m 1024 \
 -overcommit mem-lock=off \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hvf-aarch64-virt-headless.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hvf-aarch64-virt-headless.args
index 3c7747ee51..24de5707db 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hvf-aarch64-virt-headless.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hvf-aarch64-virt-headless.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=test,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test/master-key.aes \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2 \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel hvf \
 -drive file=/usr/share/edk2/aarch64/QEMU_EFI-silent-pflash.raw,if=pflash,format=raw,unit=0,readonly=on \
 -drive file=/some/user/nvram/path/guest_VARS.fd,if=pflash,format=raw,unit=1 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/intel-iommu-aw-bits.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/intel-iommu-aw-bits.x86_64-latest.args
index df11e3ddab..417b5fb9dc 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/intel-iommu-aw-bits.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/intel-iommu-aw-bits.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine q35,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,kernel_irqchip=split,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-machine q35,usb=off,kernel_irqchip=split,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram \
 -accel kvm \
 -cpu qemu64 \
 -m 214 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/intel-iommu-caching-mode.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/intel-iommu-caching-mode.x86_64-latest.args
index 47976fa6a7..bfcfc35e28 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/intel-iommu-caching-mode.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/intel-iommu-caching-mode.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine q35,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,kernel_irqchip=split,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-machine q35,usb=off,kernel_irqchip=split,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram \
 -accel kvm \
 -cpu qemu64 \
 -m 214 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/intel-iommu-device-iotlb.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/intel-iommu-device-iotlb.x86_64-latest.args
index af36c45292..95cd9d26ef 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/intel-iommu-device-iotlb.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/intel-iommu-device-iotlb.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine q35,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,kernel_irqchip=split,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-machine q35,usb=off,kernel_irqchip=split,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram \
 -accel kvm \
 -cpu qemu64 \
 -m 214 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/intel-iommu-eim.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/intel-iommu-eim.x86_64-latest.args
index 8e2b54d1f9..12113a2800 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/intel-iommu-eim.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/intel-iommu-eim.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine q35,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,kernel_irqchip=split,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-machine q35,usb=off,kernel_irqchip=split,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram \
 -accel kvm \
 -cpu qemu64 \
 -m 214 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/iommu-smmuv3.aarch64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/iommu-smmuv3.aarch64-latest.args
index d839dc3758..68aa2f6cf5 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/iommu-smmuv3.aarch64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/iommu-smmuv3.aarch64-latest.args
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.config \
 -name guest=guest,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2,iommu=smmuv3,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,iommu=smmuv3,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu cortex-a15 \
 -m 1024 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/launch-security-s390-pv.s390x-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/launch-security-s390-pv.s390x-latest.args
index 1bb7b3f084..dcf496ccfb 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/launch-security-s390-pv.s390x-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/launch-security-s390-pv.s390x-latest.args
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine s390-ccw-virtio,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,confidential-guest-support=lsec0,memory-backend=s390.ram \
+-machine s390-ccw-virtio,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=s390.ram,confidential-guest-support=lsec0 \
 -accel kvm \
 -cpu gen15a-base,aen=on,cmmnt=on,vxpdeh=on,aefsi=on,diag318=on,csske=on,mepoch=on,msa9=on,msa8=on,msa7=on,msa6=on,msa5=on,msa4=on,msa3=on,msa2=on,msa1=on,sthyi=on,edat=on,ri=on,deflate=on,edat2=on,etoken=on,vx=on,ipter=on,mepochptff=on,ap=on,vxeh=on,vxpd=on,esop=on,msa9_pckmo=on,vxeh2=on,esort=on,apqi=on,apft=on,els=on,iep=on,apqci=on,cte=on,ais=on,bpb=on,gs=on,ppa15=on,zpci=on,sea_esop2=on,te=on,cmm=on \
 -m 214 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/launch-security-sev-direct.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/launch-security-sev-direct.x86_64-latest.args
index dac312e301..4f3aefb90e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/launch-security-sev-direct.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/launch-security-sev-direct.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine pc,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,confidential-guest-support=lsec0,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-machine pc,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram,confidential-guest-support=lsec0 \
 -accel kvm \
 -cpu qemu64 \
 -m 214 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/launch-security-sev-missing-platform-info.x86_64-6.0.0.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/launch-security-sev-missing-platform-info.x86_64-6.0.0.args
index 5dfaf69063..ff46b52403 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/launch-security-sev-missing-platform-info.x86_64-6.0.0.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/launch-security-sev-missing-platform-info.x86_64-6.0.0.args
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine pc-i440fx-6.0,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,confidential-guest-support=lsec0,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-machine pc-i440fx-6.0,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram,confidential-guest-support=lsec0 \
 -accel kvm \
 -cpu qemu64 \
 -m 214 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/launch-security-sev.x86_64-6.0.0.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/launch-security-sev.x86_64-6.0.0.args
index 5dfaf69063..ff46b52403 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/launch-security-sev.x86_64-6.0.0.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/launch-security-sev.x86_64-6.0.0.args
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine pc-i440fx-6.0,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,confidential-guest-support=lsec0,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-machine pc-i440fx-6.0,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram,confidential-guest-support=lsec0 \
 -accel kvm \
 -cpu qemu64 \
 -m 214 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/mach-virt-console-virtio.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/mach-virt-console-virtio.args
index ad3ea235ae..eb1ee12a0a 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/mach-virt-console-virtio.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/mach-virt-console-virtio.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=guest,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/master-key.aes \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2 \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -m 512 \
 -overcommit mem-lock=off \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/mach-virt-serial-native.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/mach-virt-serial-native.args
index a5f60e10b2..e76ff0ee06 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/mach-virt-serial-native.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/mach-virt-serial-native.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=guest,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/master-key.aes \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2 \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -m 512 \
 -overcommit mem-lock=off \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/mach-virt-serial-pci.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/mach-virt-serial-pci.args
index 3f6f66bd0a..f5cbf6bdae 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/mach-virt-serial-pci.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/mach-virt-serial-pci.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=guest,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/master-key.aes \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2 \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -m 512 \
 -overcommit mem-lock=off \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/mach-virt-serial-usb.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/mach-virt-serial-usb.args
index 7b65f5bbbc..ef6a042fb0 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/mach-virt-serial-usb.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/mach-virt-serial-usb.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=guest,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/master-key.aes \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2 \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -m 512 \
 -overcommit mem-lock=off \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-aeskeywrap-off-cap.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-aeskeywrap-off-cap.args
index 276edec05b..a4355ad261 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-aeskeywrap-off-cap.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-aeskeywrap-off-cap.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes \
--machine s390-ccw-virtio,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,aes-key-wrap=off \
+-machine s390-ccw-virtio,usb=off,aes-key-wrap=off,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -m 214 \
 -overcommit mem-lock=off \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-aeskeywrap-off-caps.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-aeskeywrap-off-caps.args
index 276edec05b..a4355ad261 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-aeskeywrap-off-caps.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-aeskeywrap-off-caps.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes \
--machine s390-ccw-virtio,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,aes-key-wrap=off \
+-machine s390-ccw-virtio,usb=off,aes-key-wrap=off,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -m 214 \
 -overcommit mem-lock=off \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-aeskeywrap-on-cap.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-aeskeywrap-on-cap.args
index 373deaed52..735135e625 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-aeskeywrap-on-cap.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-aeskeywrap-on-cap.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes \
--machine s390-ccw-virtio,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,aes-key-wrap=on \
+-machine s390-ccw-virtio,usb=off,aes-key-wrap=on,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -m 214 \
 -overcommit mem-lock=off \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-aeskeywrap-on-caps.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-aeskeywrap-on-caps.args
index 373deaed52..735135e625 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-aeskeywrap-on-caps.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-aeskeywrap-on-caps.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes \
--machine s390-ccw-virtio,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,aes-key-wrap=on \
+-machine s390-ccw-virtio,usb=off,aes-key-wrap=on,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -m 214 \
 -overcommit mem-lock=off \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-deakeywrap-off-cap.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-deakeywrap-off-cap.args
index 55db1edc3f..03a3f5941e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-deakeywrap-off-cap.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-deakeywrap-off-cap.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes \
--machine s390-ccw-virtio,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,dea-key-wrap=off \
+-machine s390-ccw-virtio,usb=off,dea-key-wrap=off,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -m 214 \
 -overcommit mem-lock=off \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-deakeywrap-off-caps.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-deakeywrap-off-caps.args
index 55db1edc3f..03a3f5941e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-deakeywrap-off-caps.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-deakeywrap-off-caps.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes \
--machine s390-ccw-virtio,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,dea-key-wrap=off \
+-machine s390-ccw-virtio,usb=off,dea-key-wrap=off,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -m 214 \
 -overcommit mem-lock=off \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-deakeywrap-on-cap.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-deakeywrap-on-cap.args
index 3617cdccac..62dd284c81 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-deakeywrap-on-cap.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-deakeywrap-on-cap.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes \
--machine s390-ccw-virtio,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,dea-key-wrap=on \
+-machine s390-ccw-virtio,usb=off,dea-key-wrap=on,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -m 214 \
 -overcommit mem-lock=off \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-deakeywrap-on-caps.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-deakeywrap-on-caps.args
index 3617cdccac..62dd284c81 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-deakeywrap-on-caps.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-deakeywrap-on-caps.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes \
--machine s390-ccw-virtio,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,dea-key-wrap=on \
+-machine s390-ccw-virtio,usb=off,dea-key-wrap=on,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -m 214 \
 -overcommit mem-lock=off \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-smm-off.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-smm-off.x86_64-latest.args
index 83462bec68..46f6a4a70c 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-smm-off.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-smm-off.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine q35,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,smm=off,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-machine q35,usb=off,smm=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu qemu64 \
 -m 214 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-smm-on.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-smm-on.x86_64-latest.args
index 53a03124b4..6fde375523 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-smm-on.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-smm-on.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine q35,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,smm=on,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-machine q35,usb=off,smm=on,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu qemu64 \
 -m 214 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-vmport-opt.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-vmport-opt.args
index 769f3d67e5..c95c972803 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-vmport-opt.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/machine-vmport-opt.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes \
--machine pc,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,vmport=off \
+-machine pc,usb=off,vmport=off,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -m 214 \
 -overcommit mem-lock=off \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pcie-expander-bus-aarch64.aarch64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pcie-expander-bus-aarch64.aarch64-latest.args
index 4f4d5f9a08..b4c331c895 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pcie-expander-bus-aarch64.aarch64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pcie-expander-bus-aarch64.aarch64-latest.args
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-pcie-expander-bus-te/.config \
 -name guest=pcie-expander-bus-test,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-pcie-expander-bus-te/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu cortex-a15 \
 -m 2048 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pseries-cpu-compat-power10.ppc64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pseries-cpu-compat-power10.ppc64-latest.args
index 6986d835eb..01a330f748 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pseries-cpu-compat-power10.ppc64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pseries-cpu-compat-power10.ppc64-latest.args
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine pseries,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,max-cpu-compat=power10,memory-backend=ppc_spapr.ram \
+-machine pseries,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=ppc_spapr.ram,max-cpu-compat=power10 \
 -accel kvm \
 -cpu host \
 -m 256 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pseries-cpu-compat-power9.ppc64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pseries-cpu-compat-power9.ppc64-latest.args
index f458999291..b357551120 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pseries-cpu-compat-power9.ppc64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pseries-cpu-compat-power9.ppc64-latest.args
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine pseries,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,max-cpu-compat=power9,memory-backend=ppc_spapr.ram \
+-machine pseries,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=ppc_spapr.ram,max-cpu-compat=power9 \
 -accel kvm \
 -cpu host \
 -m 256 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pseries-features.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pseries-features.args
index 5452a57bb0..d085000dda 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pseries-features.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pseries-features.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -name guest=guest,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/master-key.aes \
--machine pseries,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,resize-hpt=required,cap-hpt-max-page-size=1048576k,cap-htm=on,cap-nested-hv=off,cap-ccf-assist=on,cap-cfpc=fixed,cap-sbbc=broken,cap-ibs=fixed-ccd \
+-machine pseries,usb=off,resize-hpt=required,cap-hpt-max-page-size=1048576k,cap-htm=on,cap-nested-hv=off,cap-ccf-assist=on,cap-cfpc=fixed,cap-sbbc=broken,cap-ibs=fixed-ccd,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel tcg \
 -m 512 \
 -overcommit mem-lock=off \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/q35-virt-manager-basic.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/q35-virt-manager-basic.args
index b4c9715717..32875f291c 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/q35-virt-manager-basic.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/q35-virt-manager-basic.args
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice \
 -name guest=virt-manager-basic,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-virt-manager-basic/master-key.aes \
--machine q35,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,vmport=off \
+-machine q35,usb=off,vmport=off,dump-guest-core=off \
 -accel kvm \
 -m 4096 \
 -overcommit mem-lock=off \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/tseg-explicit-size.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/tseg-explicit-size.x86_64-latest.args
index e05f295c4f..3371199be5 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/tseg-explicit-size.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/tseg-explicit-size.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine pc-q35-2.10,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,smm=on,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-machine pc-q35-2.10,usb=off,smm=on,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram \
 -accel tcg \
 -global mch.extended-tseg-mbytes=48 \
 -cpu qemu64 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-iommu-aarch64.aarch64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-iommu-aarch64.aarch64-latest.args
index 54f069c350..a88078818d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-iommu-aarch64.aarch64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-iommu-aarch64.aarch64-latest.args
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.config \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/guest_VARS.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash1-storage"}' \
--machine virt-6.0,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=2,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram \
+-machine virt-6.0,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format \
 -accel tcg \
 -cpu cortex-a15 \
 -m 1024 \