diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index 28d5321bdc..2c0b29ddff 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -4337,8 +4337,7 @@ int
 virQEMUCapsFillDomainCaps(virDomainCapsPtr domCaps,
                           virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                           virFirmwarePtr *firmwares,
-                          size_t nfirmwares,
-                          virDomainVirtType virttype)
+                          size_t nfirmwares)
 {
     virDomainCapsOSPtr os = &domCaps->os;
     virDomainCapsDeviceDiskPtr disk = &domCaps->disk;
@@ -4348,7 +4347,7 @@ virQEMUCapsFillDomainCaps(virDomainCapsPtr domCaps,
 
     domCaps->maxvcpus = virQEMUCapsGetMachineMaxCpus(qemuCaps,
                                                      domCaps->machine);
-    if (virttype == VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM) {
+    if (domCaps->virttype == VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM) {
         int hostmaxvcpus = virHostCPUGetKVMMaxVCPUs();
         if (hostmaxvcpus >= 0)
             domCaps->maxvcpus = MIN(domCaps->maxvcpus, hostmaxvcpus);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
index 9d891c842d..affb639d96 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
@@ -492,7 +492,6 @@ int virQEMUCapsInitGuestFromBinary(virCapsPtr caps,
 int virQEMUCapsFillDomainCaps(virDomainCapsPtr domCaps,
                               virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                               virFirmwarePtr *firmwares,
-                              size_t nfirmwares,
-                              virDomainVirtType virttype);
+                              size_t nfirmwares);
 
 #endif /* __QEMU_CAPABILITIES_H__*/
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 0507be8360..2089359710 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -18411,7 +18411,7 @@ qemuConnectGetDomainCapabilities(virConnectPtr conn,
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (virQEMUCapsFillDomainCaps(domCaps, qemuCaps,
-                                  cfg->firmwares, cfg->nfirmwares, virttype) < 0)
+                                  cfg->firmwares, cfg->nfirmwares) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     ret = virDomainCapsFormat(domCaps);
diff --git a/tests/domaincapstest.c b/tests/domaincapstest.c
index efd47695d8..5b7b7d0a7d 100644
--- a/tests/domaincapstest.c
+++ b/tests/domaincapstest.c
@@ -129,8 +129,7 @@ fillQemuCaps(virDomainCapsPtr domCaps,
 
     if (virQEMUCapsFillDomainCaps(domCaps, qemuCaps,
                                   cfg->firmwares,
-                                  cfg->nfirmwares,
-                                  VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_QEMU) < 0)
+                                  cfg->nfirmwares) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     /* The function above tries to query host's KVM & VFIO capabilities by