diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index 4fb0db7494..59e101f37b 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -5212,6 +5212,8 @@ virQEMUCapsFillDomainFeatureGICCaps(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
     virDomainCapsFeatureGICPtr gic = &domCaps->gic;
     virGICVersion version;
 
+    gic->supported = VIR_TRISTATE_BOOL_NO;
+
     if (!qemuDomainMachineIsARMVirt(domCaps->machine, domCaps->arch))
         return 0;