diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 73c199e80b..39befb0c2e 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -17668,17 +17668,6 @@ virDomainNVRAMDefFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
     return 0;
 }
 
-static int
-virDomainSysinfoDefFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
-                          virSysinfoDefPtr def)
-{
-    int ret;
-    virBufferAdjustIndent(buf, 2);
-    ret = virSysinfoFormat(buf, def);
-    virBufferAdjustIndent(buf, -2);
-    return ret;
-}
-
 
 static int
 virDomainWatchdogDefFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
@@ -18890,7 +18879,7 @@ virDomainDefFormatInternal(virDomainDefPtr def,
         virDomainResourceDefFormat(buf, def->resource);
 
     if (def->sysinfo)
-        virDomainSysinfoDefFormat(buf, def->sysinfo);
+        virSysinfoFormat(buf, def->sysinfo);
 
     if (def->os.bootloader) {
         virBufferEscapeString(buf, "<bootloader>%s</bootloader>\n",
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-smbios.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-smbios.xml
index 91b2c10cd4..a2caeeaf3f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-smbios.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-smbios.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
       <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
     </disk>
     <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0'/>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
     <memballoon model='virtio'/>
   </devices>
 </domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index 978e5f1c6a..0ec4303887 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ mymain(void)
 
     DO_TEST("tap-vhost");
     DO_TEST("shmem");
+    DO_TEST("smbios");
 
     virObjectUnref(driver.caps);
     virObjectUnref(driver.xmlopt);