diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index d7be544710..8ff7b3a5aa 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -4189,14 +4189,15 @@ qemuDomainDefAddDefaultDevices(virQEMUDriver *driver,
         break;
 
     case VIR_ARCH_ARMV6L:
+    case VIR_ARCH_ARMV7L:
+    case VIR_ARCH_ARMV7B:
+    case VIR_ARCH_AARCH64:
         if (STREQ(def->os.machine, "versatilepb"))
             addPCIRoot = true;
-        break;
 
-    case VIR_ARCH_ARMV7L:
-    case VIR_ARCH_AARCH64:
         if (qemuDomainIsARMVirt(def))
             addPCIeRoot = true;
+
         break;
 
     case VIR_ARCH_PPC64:
@@ -4253,7 +4254,6 @@ qemuDomainDefAddDefaultDevices(virQEMUDriver *driver,
             addPCIRoot = true;
         break;
 
-    case VIR_ARCH_ARMV7B:
     case VIR_ARCH_CRIS:
     case VIR_ARCH_ITANIUM:
     case VIR_ARCH_LM32:
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/aarch64-versatilepb-minimal.aarch64-latest.abi-update.xml b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/aarch64-versatilepb-minimal.aarch64-latest.abi-update.xml
index 0c89217409..2b5feaa665 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/aarch64-versatilepb-minimal.aarch64-latest.abi-update.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/aarch64-versatilepb-minimal.aarch64-latest.abi-update.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
   <devices>
     <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64</emulator>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
     <audio id='1' type='none'/>
     <memballoon model='none'/>
   </devices>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/aarch64-versatilepb-minimal.aarch64-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/aarch64-versatilepb-minimal.aarch64-latest.xml
index 0c89217409..2b5feaa665 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/aarch64-versatilepb-minimal.aarch64-latest.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/aarch64-versatilepb-minimal.aarch64-latest.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
   <devices>
     <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64</emulator>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
     <audio id='1' type='none'/>
     <memballoon model='none'/>
   </devices>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/armv7l-versatilepb-minimal.armv7l-latest.abi-update.xml b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/armv7l-versatilepb-minimal.armv7l-latest.abi-update.xml
index b2a8d254d6..2c15244cc4 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/armv7l-versatilepb-minimal.armv7l-latest.abi-update.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/armv7l-versatilepb-minimal.armv7l-latest.abi-update.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
   <devices>
     <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-armv7l</emulator>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
     <audio id='1' type='none'/>
     <memballoon model='none'/>
   </devices>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/armv7l-versatilepb-minimal.armv7l-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/armv7l-versatilepb-minimal.armv7l-latest.xml
index b2a8d254d6..2c15244cc4 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/armv7l-versatilepb-minimal.armv7l-latest.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/armv7l-versatilepb-minimal.armv7l-latest.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
   <devices>
     <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-armv7l</emulator>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
     <audio id='1' type='none'/>
     <memballoon model='none'/>
   </devices>