diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index 2f2e88cb43..71d35b077f 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -4631,7 +4631,8 @@ virQEMUCapsCompareArch(const void *payload,
 
 
 virQEMUCapsPtr
-virQEMUCapsCacheLookupByArch(virQEMUCapsCachePtr cache,
+virQEMUCapsCacheLookupByArch(virCapsPtr caps,
+                             virQEMUCapsCachePtr cache,
                              virArch arch)
 {
     virQEMUCapsPtr ret = NULL;
@@ -4649,6 +4650,22 @@ virQEMUCapsCacheLookupByArch(virQEMUCapsCachePtr cache,
             ret = virHashSearch(cache->binaries, virQEMUCapsCompareArch, &data);
         }
     }
+
+    if (ret) {
+        char *binary;
+
+        if (VIR_STRDUP(binary, ret->binary) < 0) {
+            ret = NULL;
+        } else {
+            virQEMUCapsCacheValidate(cache, binary, caps, &ret);
+            VIR_FREE(binary);
+        }
+    } else {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INVALID_ARG,
+                       _("unable to find any emulator to serve '%s' "
+                         "architecture"), virArchToString(arch));
+    }
+
     virObjectRef(ret);
     virMutexUnlock(&cache->lock);
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
index d44cf2c4d7..4e33ddaf87 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
@@ -474,7 +474,8 @@ virQEMUCapsPtr virQEMUCapsCacheLookupCopy(virCapsPtr caps,
                                           virQEMUCapsCachePtr cache,
                                           const char *binary,
                                           const char *machineType);
-virQEMUCapsPtr virQEMUCapsCacheLookupByArch(virQEMUCapsCachePtr cache,
+virQEMUCapsPtr virQEMUCapsCacheLookupByArch(virCapsPtr caps,
+                                            virQEMUCapsCachePtr cache,
                                             virArch arch);
 void virQEMUCapsCacheFree(virQEMUCapsCachePtr cache);
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 6a26549237..3517aa2be2 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -18773,7 +18773,8 @@ qemuConnectGetDomainCapabilities(virConnectPtr conn,
             goto cleanup;
         }
     } else {
-        if (!(qemuCaps = virQEMUCapsCacheLookupByArch(driver->qemuCapsCache,
+        if (!(qemuCaps = virQEMUCapsCacheLookupByArch(caps,
+                                                      driver->qemuCapsCache,
                                                       arch))) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_INVALID_ARG,
                            _("unable to find any emulator to serve '%s' "