diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index d556e2186c..b5b4184782 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -8026,7 +8026,7 @@ qemuDomainStorageSourceAccessModifyNVMe(virQEMUDriver *driver,
         goto revoke;
     }
 
-    if (qemuDomainAdjustMaxMemLock(vm, true) < 0)
+    if (qemuDomainAdjustMaxMemLockNVMe(vm, src) < 0)
         goto revoke;
 
     revoke_maxmemlock = true;
@@ -9779,6 +9779,39 @@ qemuDomainAdjustMaxMemLockHostdev(virDomainObj *vm,
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * qemuDomainAdjustMaxMemLockNVMe:
+ * @vm: domain object
+ * @src: disk source
+ *
+ * Temporarily add the disk source to the domain definition,
+ * adjust the max memlock based in this new definition and
+ * restore the original definition.
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success,
+ *         -1 on failure.
+ */
+int
+qemuDomainAdjustMaxMemLockNVMe(virDomainObj *vm,
+                               virStorageSource *src)
+{
+    g_autofree virDomainDiskDef *disk = NULL;
+    int ret = 0;
+
+    disk = g_new0(virDomainDiskDef, 1);
+    disk->src = src;
+
+    VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT_COPY(vm->def->disks, vm->def->ndisks, disk);
+
+    if (qemuDomainAdjustMaxMemLock(vm, false) < 0)
+        ret = -1;
+
+    VIR_DELETE_ELEMENT_INPLACE(vm->def->disks, vm->def->ndisks - 1, vm->def->ndisks);
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
 /**
  * qemuDomainHasVcpuPids:
  * @vm: Domain object
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index eaa75de3e5..ee2ddda079 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "virdomainmomentobjlist.h"
 #include "virenum.h"
 #include "vireventthread.h"
+#include "storage_source_conf.h"
 
 #define QEMU_DOMAIN_FORMAT_LIVE_FLAGS \
     (VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE)
@@ -859,6 +860,8 @@ int qemuDomainAdjustMaxMemLock(virDomainObj *vm,
                                bool forceVFIO);
 int qemuDomainAdjustMaxMemLockHostdev(virDomainObj *vm,
                                       virDomainHostdevDef *hostdev);
+int qemuDomainAdjustMaxMemLockNVMe(virDomainObj *vm,
+                                   virStorageSource *src);
 int qemuDomainSetMaxMemLock(virDomainObj *vm,
                             unsigned long long limit,
                             unsigned long long *origPtr);