diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hostdev.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hostdev.c
index 09ac6ad057..404939e78d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hostdev.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hostdev.c
@@ -638,8 +638,8 @@ inactivedevs:
     /* Only steal all the devices from driver->activePciHostdevs. We will
      * free them in virObjectUnref().
      */
-    while (virPCIDeviceListCount(pcidevs) > 0) {
-        virPCIDevicePtr dev = virPCIDeviceListGet(pcidevs, 0);
+    for (i = 0; i < virPCIDeviceListCount(pcidevs); i++) {
+        virPCIDevicePtr dev = virPCIDeviceListGet(pcidevs, i);
         virPCIDeviceListSteal(driver->activePciHostdevs, dev);
     }