diff --git a/src/conf/domain_validate.c b/src/conf/domain_validate.c
index 222a9386f6..6b3e892332 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_validate.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_validate.c
@@ -322,26 +322,6 @@ virDomainDiskVhostUserValidate(const virDomainDiskDef *disk)
 
     /* Unsupported driver elements */
 
-    if (disk->virtio) {
-        if (disk->virtio->iommu != VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ABSENT) {
-            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
-                           _("iommu is not supported with vhostuser disk"));
-            return -1;
-        }
-
-        if (disk->virtio->ats != VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ABSENT) {
-            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
-                           _("ats is not supported with vhostuser disk"));
-            return -1;
-        }
-
-        if (disk->virtio->packed != VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ABSENT) {
-            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
-                           _("packed is not supported with vhostuser disk"));
-            return -1;
-        }
-    }
-
     if (disk->src->metadataCacheMaxSize > 0) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
                        _("metadata_cache is not supported with vhostuser disk"));
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-vhostuser.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-vhostuser.x86_64-latest.args
index b24b2c0b4f..30acd7c78b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-vhostuser.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-vhostuser.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes \
 -device vhost-user-blk-pci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2,chardev=chr-vu-virtio-disk0,\
 id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=1 \
 -chardev socket,id=chr-vu-virtio-disk1,path=/tmp/vhost1.sock,reconnect=10 \
--device vhost-user-blk-pci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3,chardev=chr-vu-virtio-disk1,\
-id=virtio-disk1 \
+-device vhost-user-blk-pci,iommu_platform=on,ats=on,packed=on,bus=pci.0,\
+addr=0x3,chardev=chr-vu-virtio-disk1,id=virtio-disk1 \
 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 \
 -sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,\
 resourcecontrol=deny \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-vhostuser.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-vhostuser.xml
index c96ef9119c..cbe2804e39 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-vhostuser.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-vhostuser.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
       <boot order='1'/>
     </disk>
     <disk type='vhostuser' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='raw' iommu='on' ats='on' packed='on'/>
       <source type='unix' path='/tmp/vhost1.sock'>
         <reconnect enabled='yes' timeout='10'/>
       </source>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-vhostuser.x86_64-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-vhostuser.x86_64-latest.xml
index 9712dc0b12..87f5ec46ac 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-vhostuser.x86_64-latest.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-vhostuser.x86_64-latest.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
     </disk>
     <disk type='vhostuser' device='disk' snapshot='no'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='raw' iommu='on' ats='on' packed='on'/>
       <source type='unix' path='/tmp/vhost1.sock'>
         <reconnect enabled='yes' timeout='10'/>
       </source>