diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index 93a99c3aa8..eeb8a8e9f1 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -5238,8 +5238,10 @@ virQEMUCapsFillDomainDeviceDiskCaps(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                              VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_DEVICE_LUN);
 
     /* PowerPC pseries based VMs do not support floppy device */
-    if (!qemuDomainMachineIsPSeries(machine, qemuCaps->arch))
+    if (!qemuDomainMachineIsPSeries(machine, qemuCaps->arch)) {
         VIR_DOMAIN_CAPS_ENUM_SET(disk->diskDevice, VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_DEVICE_FLOPPY);
+        VIR_DOMAIN_CAPS_ENUM_SET(disk->bus, VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_BUS_FDC);
+    }
 
     if (qemuDomainMachineHasBuiltinIDE(machine))
         VIR_DOMAIN_CAPS_ENUM_SET(disk->bus, VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_BUS_IDE);
@@ -5249,10 +5251,6 @@ virQEMUCapsFillDomainDeviceDiskCaps(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                              VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_BUS_VIRTIO,
                              /* VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_BUS_SD */);
 
-    /* PowerPC pseries based VMs do not support floppy device */
-    if (!qemuDomainMachineIsPSeries(machine, qemuCaps->arch))
-        VIR_DOMAIN_CAPS_ENUM_SET(disk->bus, VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_BUS_FDC);
-
     if (virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_USB_STORAGE))
         VIR_DOMAIN_CAPS_ENUM_SET(disk->bus, VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_BUS_USB);