diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages.args
index f10a40e573..1e2632a127 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages.args
@@ -1 +1 @@
-LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test /usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 214 -mem-path /dev/hugepages/libvirt/qemu -smp 1 -nographic -monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait -no-acpi -boot c -hda /dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1 -net none -serial none -parallel none -usb
+LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test /usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 214 -mem-prealloc -mem-path /dev/hugepages/libvirt/qemu -smp 1 -nographic -monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait -no-acpi -boot c -hda /dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1 -net none -serial none -parallel none -usb