diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index 381b3ec618..60b56fcc04 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -2888,7 +2888,6 @@ virQEMUCapsInitQMPBasic(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps)
     virQEMUCapsSet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_NETDEV);
     virQEMUCapsSet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_RTC);
     virQEMUCapsSet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_VHOST_NET);
-    virQEMUCapsSet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_NO_HPET);
     virQEMUCapsSet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG);
     virQEMUCapsSet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_BOOT_MENU);
     virQEMUCapsSet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_FSDEV);
@@ -2947,6 +2946,7 @@ virQEMUCapsInitArchQMPBasic(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
         qemuCaps->arch == VIR_ARCH_I686) {
         virQEMUCapsSet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_PCI_MULTIBUS);
         virQEMUCapsSet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_NO_ACPI);
+        virQEMUCapsSet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_NO_HPET);
         virQEMUCapsSet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_NO_KVM_PIT);
     }