diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/numatune-distances.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/numatune-distances.args
index 895efeab15..a20b40b5c5 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/numatune-distances.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/numatune-distances.args
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
-name QEMUGuest \
-S \
--machine xenfv,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
+-machine pc,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
-m 12288 \
-realtime mlock=off \
-smp 12,sockets=12,cores=1,threads=1 \
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ server,nowait \
-rtc base=utc \
-no-shutdown \
-usb \
--device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/numatune-distances.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/numatune-distances.xml
index 0f33526b46..fa4de6aaf6 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/numatune-distances.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/numatune-distances.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
8388608
12
- hvm
+ hvm