diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 8af2ba38d3..560a012149 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE_DISCARD);
     DO_TEST("hugepages-default", QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);
     DO_TEST("hugepages-default-2M", QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);
-    DO_TEST("hugepages-default-system-size", NONE);
+    DO_TEST("hugepages-default-system-size", QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);
     DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("hugepages-default-1G-nodeset-2M", NONE);
     DO_TEST("hugepages-nodeset", QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);
     DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("hugepages-nodeset-nonexist",
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index 262fc835f5..f7b6022819 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("pages-dimm-discard", NONE);
     DO_TEST("hugepages-default", QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);
     DO_TEST("hugepages-default-2M", QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);
-    DO_TEST("hugepages-default-system-size", NONE);
+    DO_TEST("hugepages-default-system-size", QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);
     DO_TEST("hugepages-nodeset", QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);
     DO_TEST("hugepages-numa-default-2M", QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);
     DO_TEST("hugepages-numa-default-dimm", QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);