diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 2e09a97cbc..189f10cfd1 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -13826,7 +13826,8 @@ bool
 qemuDomainNeedsVFIO(const virDomainDef *def)
 {
     return virDomainDefHasVFIOHostdev(def) ||
-        virDomainDefHasMdevHostdev(def);
+        virDomainDefHasMdevHostdev(def) ||
+        virDomainDefHasNVMeDisk(def);
 }