diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
index 243ec29c71..4a01fe4d14 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
@@ -2977,13 +2977,6 @@ qemuValidateDomainDeviceDefDiskFrontend(const virDomainDiskDef *disk,
         break;
 
     case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_BUS_VIRTIO:
-        if (disk->queues &&
-            !virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_BLK_NUM_QUEUES)) {
-            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
-                           _("num-queues property isn't supported by this "
-                             "QEMU binary"));
-            return -1;
-        }
         if (disk->queue_size > 0 &&
             !virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_BLK_QUEUE_SIZE)) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",