diff --git a/src/conf/capabilities.c b/src/conf/capabilities.c
index 74e6293766..1d3b7050b2 100644
--- a/src/conf/capabilities.c
+++ b/src/conf/capabilities.c
@@ -2161,7 +2161,7 @@ virCapabilitiesInitCaches(virCaps *caps)
     /* Minimum level to expose in capabilities.  Can be lowered or removed (with
      * the appropriate code below), but should not be increased, because we'd
      * lose information. */
-    const int cache_min_level = 3;
+    const int cache_min_level = 2;
 
     if (virCapabilitiesInitResctrl(caps) < 0)
         return -1;
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-caches.xml b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-caches.xml
index 05b33147b7..829e0a3557 100644
--- a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-caches.xml
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-caches.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
       </cells>
     </topology>
     <cache>
+      <bank id='0' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='0-1'/>
+      <bank id='1' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='2-3'/>
+      <bank id='2' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='4-5'/>
+      <bank id='3' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='6-7'/>
       <bank id='0' level='3' type='both' size='8' unit='MiB' cpus='0-7'/>
     </cache>
   </host>
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl-cdp.xml b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl-cdp.xml
index 167b217d8e..c9ab1a572b 100644
--- a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl-cdp.xml
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl-cdp.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@
       </cells>
     </topology>
     <cache>
+      <bank id='0' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='0'/>
+      <bank id='1' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='1'/>
+      <bank id='2' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='2'/>
+      <bank id='3' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='3'/>
+      <bank id='4' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='4'/>
+      <bank id='5' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='5'/>
+      <bank id='8' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='6'/>
+      <bank id='9' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='7'/>
+      <bank id='10' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='8'/>
+      <bank id='11' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='9'/>
+      <bank id='12' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='10'/>
+      <bank id='13' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='11'/>
       <bank id='0' level='3' type='both' size='15' unit='MiB' cpus='0-5'>
         <control granularity='768' unit='KiB' type='code' maxAllocs='8'/>
         <control granularity='768' unit='KiB' type='data' maxAllocs='8'/>
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl-cmt.xml b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl-cmt.xml
index 311bb58e6a..055c27a653 100644
--- a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl-cmt.xml
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl-cmt.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@
       </cells>
     </topology>
     <cache>
+      <bank id='0' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='0'/>
+      <bank id='1' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='1'/>
+      <bank id='2' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='2'/>
+      <bank id='3' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='3'/>
+      <bank id='4' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='4'/>
+      <bank id='5' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='5'/>
+      <bank id='8' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='6'/>
+      <bank id='9' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='7'/>
+      <bank id='10' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='8'/>
+      <bank id='11' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='9'/>
+      <bank id='12' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='10'/>
+      <bank id='13' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='11'/>
       <bank id='0' level='3' type='both' size='15' unit='MiB' cpus='0-5'/>
       <bank id='1' level='3' type='both' size='15' unit='MiB' cpus='6-11'/>
       <monitor level='3' reuseThreshold='270336' maxMonitors='176'>
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl-fake-feature.xml b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl-fake-feature.xml
index d85407f0b1..01ecb2e941 100644
--- a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl-fake-feature.xml
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl-fake-feature.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@
       </cells>
     </topology>
     <cache>
+      <bank id='0' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='0'/>
+      <bank id='1' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='1'/>
+      <bank id='2' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='2'/>
+      <bank id='3' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='3'/>
+      <bank id='4' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='4'/>
+      <bank id='5' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='5'/>
+      <bank id='8' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='6'/>
+      <bank id='9' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='7'/>
+      <bank id='10' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='8'/>
+      <bank id='11' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='9'/>
+      <bank id='12' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='10'/>
+      <bank id='13' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='11'/>
       <bank id='0' level='3' type='both' size='15' unit='MiB' cpus='0-5'>
         <control granularity='768' min='1536' unit='KiB' type='both' maxAllocs='4'/>
       </bank>
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl.xml b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl.xml
index fd854ee91e..d690ee9019 100644
--- a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl.xml
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@
       </cells>
     </topology>
     <cache>
+      <bank id='0' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='0'/>
+      <bank id='1' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='1'/>
+      <bank id='2' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='2'/>
+      <bank id='3' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='3'/>
+      <bank id='4' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='4'/>
+      <bank id='5' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='5'/>
+      <bank id='8' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='6'/>
+      <bank id='9' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='7'/>
+      <bank id='10' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='8'/>
+      <bank id='11' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='9'/>
+      <bank id='12' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='10'/>
+      <bank id='13' level='2' type='both' size='256' unit='KiB' cpus='11'/>
       <bank id='0' level='3' type='both' size='15' unit='MiB' cpus='0-5'>
         <control granularity='768' min='1536' unit='KiB' type='both' maxAllocs='4'/>
       </bank>