diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 335ffc78bf..cf74ac3735 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -17294,16 +17294,6 @@ virDomainLoaderDefParseXML(virDomainLoaderDef *loader,
                                          loaderNode) < 0)
         return -1;
 
-    if (loader->nvram &&
-        loader->format && loader->nvram->format &&
-        loader->format != loader->nvram->format) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR,
-                       _("Format mismatch: loader.format='%1$s' nvram.format='%2$s'"),
-                       virStorageFileFormatTypeToString(loader->format),
-                       virStorageFileFormatTypeToString(loader->nvram->format));
-        return -1;
-    }
-
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/firmware-auto-efi-format-mismatch.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/firmware-auto-efi-format-mismatch.x86_64-latest.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bdd482d71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/firmware-auto-efi-format-mismatch.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-guest \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+XDG_DATA_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-guest/.local/share \
+XDG_CACHE_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-guest/.cache \
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-guest/.config \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
+-name guest=guest,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-guest/master-key.aes"}' \
+-blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.secboot.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"}' \
+-blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/guest_VARS.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","read-only":false}' \
+-machine pc-q35-4.0,usb=off,smm=on,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-storage,acpi=on \
+-accel kvm \
+-cpu qemu64 \
+-global driver=cfi.pflash01,property=secure,value=on \
+-m size=1048576k \
+-object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-ram","id":"pc.ram","size":1073741824}' \
+-overcommit mem-lock=off \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid 63840878-0deb-4095-97e6-fc444d9bc9fa \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=1729,server=on,wait=off \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-boot strict=on \
+-audiodev '{"id":"audio1","driver":"none"}' \
+-global ICH9-LPC.noreboot=off \
+-watchdog-action reset \
+-sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny \
+-msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/firmware-auto-efi-format-mismatch.x86_64-latest.err b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/firmware-auto-efi-format-mismatch.x86_64-latest.err
deleted file mode 100644
index abfdfc4357..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/firmware-auto-efi-format-mismatch.x86_64-latest.err
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-XML error: Format mismatch: loader.format='qcow2' nvram.format='raw'
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/firmware-auto-efi-format-mismatch.x86_64-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/firmware-auto-efi-format-mismatch.x86_64-latest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79ab55751b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/firmware-auto-efi-format-mismatch.x86_64-latest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+  <name>guest</name>
+  <uuid>63840878-0deb-4095-97e6-fc444d9bc9fa</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os firmware='efi'>
+    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-4.0'>hvm</type>
+    <firmware>
+      <feature enabled='yes' name='enrolled-keys'/>
+      <feature enabled='yes' name='secure-boot'/>
+    </firmware>
+    <loader readonly='yes' secure='yes' type='pflash' format='raw'>/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd</loader>
+    <nvram template='/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd' templateFormat='raw' format='raw'>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/guest_VARS.fd</nvram>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <features>
+    <acpi/>
+    <smm state='on'/>
+  </features>
+  <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='usb' index='0' model='none'/>
+    <controller type='sata' index='0'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1f' function='0x2'/>
+    </controller>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'/>
+    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
+    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
+    <audio id='1' type='none'/>
+    <watchdog model='itco' action='reset'/>
+    <memballoon model='none'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/firmware-auto-efi-format-mismatch.xml b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/firmware-auto-efi-format-mismatch.xml
index 4af77c3bee..6caec1a94c 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/firmware-auto-efi-format-mismatch.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/firmware-auto-efi-format-mismatch.xml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
   <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
   <os firmware='efi'>
     <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-4.0'>hvm</type>
-    <loader format='qcow2'/>
-    <nvram format='raw'/>
+    <loader format='raw'/>
+    <nvram format='qcow2'/>
   </os>
   <features>
     <acpi/>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c b/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
index 8ee31f486e..58db12fee8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
@@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("firmware-auto-efi-format-nvram-qcow2-network-nbd");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("firmware-auto-efi-format-loader-raw", "aarch64");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST_ABI_UPDATE("firmware-auto-efi-format-loader-raw", "aarch64");
-    DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST_PARSE_ERROR("firmware-auto-efi-format-mismatch");
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("firmware-auto-efi-format-mismatch");
 
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("clock-utc");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("clock-localtime");