diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index c99bb18f7f..0aa213a68b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -2409,7 +2409,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("pseries-console-virtio",
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_SPAPR_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE);
     DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("pseries-serial-invalid-machine", NONE);
-    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("pseries-spaprvio-invalid", "ppc64");
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("pseries-spaprvio-invalid", NONE);
 
     DO_TEST("mach-virt-serial-native",
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PL011);