diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 6a4f7414f1..d5da533e50 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -342,13 +342,6 @@ qemuBuildDeviceAddressStr(virBufferPtr buf,
             }
         }
 
-        if (info->addr.pci.bus != 0 &&
-            !virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCI_BRIDGE)) {
-            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
-                           _("Multiple PCI buses are not supported "
-                             "with this QEMU binary"));
-            goto cleanup;
-        }
         virBufferAsprintf(buf, ",bus=%s", contAlias);
 
         if (info->addr.pci.multi == VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ON)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain_address.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain_address.c
index 5b75044cec..f8995c946d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain_address.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain_address.c
@@ -1983,9 +1983,7 @@ qemuDomainAssignPCIAddresses(virDomainDefPtr def,
     if (qemuDomainFillAllPCIConnectFlags(def, qemuCaps, driver) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (nbuses > 0 &&
-        virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCI_BRIDGE)) {
-
+    if (nbuses > 0) {
         /* 1st pass to figure out how many PCI bridges we need */
         if (!(addrs = qemuDomainPCIAddressSetCreate(def, nbuses, true)))
             goto cleanup;
@@ -2109,12 +2107,6 @@ qemuDomainAssignPCIAddresses(virDomainDefPtr def,
         nbuses = addrs->nbuses;
         virDomainPCIAddressSetFree(addrs);
         addrs = NULL;
-
-    } else if (max_idx > 0) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
-                       _("PCI bridges are not supported "
-                         "by this QEMU binary"));
-        goto cleanup;
     }
 
     if (!(addrs = qemuDomainPCIAddressSetCreate(def, nbuses, false)))