diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 2b2d531441..40fd8b9d2d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -8663,7 +8663,8 @@ qemuDomainAttachDeviceLiveAndConfig(virDomainObjPtr vm,
                                                 driver->xmlopt, parse_flags)))
             goto cleanup;
 
-        if (virDomainDeviceValidateAliasForHotplug(vm, devLive, flags) < 0)
+        if (virDomainDeviceValidateAliasForHotplug(vm, devLive,
+                                                   VIR_DOMAIN_AFFECT_LIVE) < 0)
             goto cleanup;
 
         if (virDomainDefCompatibleDevice(vm->def, devLive, NULL,