diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index b56670cda8..25f57f2412 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -2261,7 +2261,7 @@ qemuDomainAssignPCIAddresses(virDomainDefPtr def,
                 virDomainPCIAddressReserveNextSlot(addrs, &info, flags) < 0)
                 goto cleanup;
 
-            if (qemuAssignDevicePCISlots(def, addrs) < 0)
+            if (qemuAssignDevicePCISlots(def, qemuCaps, addrs) < 0)
                 goto cleanup;
 
             for (i = 1; i < addrs->nbuses; i++) {
@@ -2294,7 +2294,7 @@ qemuDomainAssignPCIAddresses(virDomainDefPtr def,
             if (qemuValidateDevicePCISlotsChipsets(def, qemuCaps, addrs) < 0)
                 goto cleanup;
 
-            if (qemuAssignDevicePCISlots(def, addrs) < 0)
+            if (qemuAssignDevicePCISlots(def, qemuCaps, addrs) < 0)
                 goto cleanup;
 
             for (i = 0; i < def->ncontrollers; i++) {
@@ -2426,6 +2426,7 @@ qemuDomainAssignPCIAddresses(virDomainDefPtr def,
  */
 int
 qemuAssignDevicePCISlots(virDomainDefPtr def,
+                         virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                          virDomainPCIAddressSetPtr addrs)
 {
     size_t i, j;
@@ -2618,6 +2619,12 @@ qemuAssignDevicePCISlots(virDomainDefPtr def,
             VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_ADDRESS_TYPE_CCW)
             continue;
 
+        /* Also ignore virtio-mmio disks if our machine allows them */
+        if (def->disks[i]->info.type ==
+            VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_ADDRESS_TYPE_VIRTIO_MMIO &&
+            virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_MMIO))
+            continue;
+
         if (def->disks[i]->info.type != VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_ADDRESS_TYPE_NONE) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
                            _("virtio disk cannot have an address of type '%s'"),
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.h b/src/qemu/qemu_command.h
index 767d31f0c5..4aa7f2d143 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.h
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ virDomainPCIAddressSetPtr qemuDomainPCIAddressSetCreate(virDomainDefPtr def,
                                                         bool dryRun);
 
 int qemuAssignDevicePCISlots(virDomainDefPtr def,
+                             virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                              virDomainPCIAddressSetPtr addrs);
 
 int qemuAssignDeviceAliases(virDomainDefPtr def, virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps);