diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain_address.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain_address.c
index bea95da444..0fe0d188af 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain_address.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain_address.c
@@ -1097,10 +1097,14 @@ qemuDomainPCIAddressSetCreate(virDomainDefPtr def,
      * that don't yet have a corresponding controller in the domain
      * config.
      */
-    if (hasPCIeRoot)
+    if (qemuDomainIsPSeries(def)) {
+        /* pSeries guests should use PHBs (pci-root controllers) */
+        defaultModel = VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_MODEL_PCI_ROOT;
+    } else if (hasPCIeRoot) {
         defaultModel = VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_MODEL_PCIE_ROOT_PORT;
-    else
+    } else {
         defaultModel = VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_MODEL_PCI_BRIDGE;
+    }
 
     for (i = 1; i < addrs->nbuses; i++) {
 
@@ -2160,7 +2164,13 @@ qemuDomainAssignPCIAddresses(virDomainDefPtr def,
             dev.data.controller = def->controllers[contIndex];
             /* set connect flags so it will be properly addressed */
             qemuDomainFillDevicePCIConnectFlags(def, &dev, qemuCaps, driver);
-            if (qemuDomainPCIAddressReserveNextAddr(addrs,
+
+            /* Reserve an address for the controller. pci-root and pcie-root
+             * controllers don't plug into any other PCI controller, hence
+             * they should skip this step */
+            if (bus->model != VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_MODEL_PCI_ROOT &&
+                bus->model != VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_MODEL_PCIE_ROOT &&
+                qemuDomainPCIAddressReserveNextAddr(addrs,
                                                     &dev.data.controller->info) < 0) {
                 goto cleanup;
             }
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-many-buses-2.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-many-buses-2.args
index 1cb583132d..13fed02f80 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-many-buses-2.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-many-buses-2.args
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ server,nowait \
 -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
 -boot c \
 -device spapr-pci-host-bridge,index=1,id=pci.2 \
--device pci-bridge,chassis_nr=1,id=pci.1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1
+-device spapr-pci-host-bridge,index=2,id=pci.1
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 6eeca0aab3..35c06ef247 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1767,7 +1767,6 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("pseries-many-buses-2",
             QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG,
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_SPAPR_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE,
-            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCI_BRIDGE,
             QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_SCSI);
     DO_TEST("pseries-hostdevs-1",
             QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG,
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-pseries-many-buses-2.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-pseries-many-buses-2.xml
index 75dfabfcab..14f3e36244 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-pseries-many-buses-2.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-pseries-many-buses-2.xml
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@
       <target index='1'/>
     </controller>
     <controller type='usb' index='0' model='none'/>
-    <controller type='pci' index='1' model='pci-bridge'>
-      <model name='pci-bridge'/>
-      <target chassisNr='1'/>
-      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
+    <controller type='pci' index='1' model='pci-root'>
+      <model name='spapr-pci-host-bridge'/>
+      <target index='2'/>
     </controller>
     <memballoon model='none'/>
     <panic model='pseries'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index 05af6b17e2..a948a61d8e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -686,7 +686,6 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("pseries-many-buses-2",
             QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG,
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_SPAPR_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE,
-            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCI_BRIDGE,
             QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_SCSI);
     DO_TEST("pseries-hostdevs-1",
             QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG,