diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index b0c9fb7059..f775170e32 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -1871,8 +1871,7 @@ qemuBuildDiskDeviceProps(const virDomainDef *def,
     if (qemuBuildDeviceAddressProps(props, def, &disk->info) < 0)
         return NULL;
 
-    if (disk->src->shared &&
-        virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DISK_SHARE_RW))
+    if (disk->src->shared)
         shareRW = VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ON;
 
     if (virStorageSourceGetActualType(disk->src) == VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_VHOST_USER) {
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/controller-order.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/controller-order.args
index fd9eba459a..c0ba064bec 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/controller-order.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/controller-order.args
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-fdr/.config \
 -device usb-ccid,id=ccid0,bus=usb.0,port=1.1 \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/tmp/fdr.img","aio":"native","node-name":"libvirt-2-storage","cache":{"direct":true,"no-flush":false},"auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-2-format","read-only":false,"cache":{"direct":true,"no-flush":false},"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-2-storage"}' \
--device virtio-blk-pci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5,drive=libvirt-2-format,id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=1 \
+-device virtio-blk-pci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5,share-rw=on,drive=libvirt-2-format,id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=1 \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/tmp/Fedora-17-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso","node-name":"libvirt-1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-1-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-1-storage"}' \
 -device ide-cd,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=libvirt-1-format,id=ide0-1-0 \