diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index c323f679b3..00c519b558 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -2820,6 +2820,7 @@ virResctrlAllocForeachMemory;
 virResctrlAllocFormat;
 virResctrlAllocGetID;
 virResctrlAllocGetUnused;
+virResctrlAllocIsEmpty;
 virResctrlAllocNew;
 virResctrlAllocRemove;
 virResctrlAllocSetCacheSize;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 0ba04b48e6..1ed56457b1 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -5781,7 +5781,8 @@ qemuProcessSetupVcpu(virDomainObjPtr vm,
             for (j = 0; j < ct->nmonitors; j++) {
                 mon = ct->monitors[j];
 
-                if (virBitmapEqual(ct->vcpus, mon->vcpus))
+                if (virBitmapEqual(ct->vcpus, mon->vcpus) &&
+                    !virResctrlAllocIsEmpty(ct->alloc))
                     continue;
 
                 if (virBitmapIsBitSet(mon->vcpus, vcpuid)) {
diff --git a/src/util/virresctrl.c b/src/util/virresctrl.c
index 90532cf1cc..fb66ea3d49 100644
--- a/src/util/virresctrl.c
+++ b/src/util/virresctrl.c
@@ -2560,7 +2560,8 @@ virResctrlMonitorDeterminePath(virResctrlMonitorPtr monitor,
         return -1;
     }
 
-    if (STREQ_NULLABLE(monitor->id, monitor->alloc->id)) {
+    if (!virResctrlAllocIsEmpty(monitor->alloc) &&
+        STREQ_NULLABLE(monitor->id, monitor->alloc->id)) {
         if (VIR_STRDUP(monitor->path, monitor->alloc->path) < 0)
             return -1;
         return 0;