diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index bf3441590a..617048faef 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -2175,8 +2175,7 @@ qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLFormatBlockjobs(virBuffer *buf,
     virBufferAsprintf(&attrBuf, " active='%s'",
                       virTristateBoolTypeToString(virTristateBoolFromBool(bj)));
 
-    if (virQEMUCapsGet(priv->qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_BLOCKDEV) &&
-        virHashForEachSorted(priv->blockjobs,
+    if (virHashForEachSorted(priv->blockjobs,
                              qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLFormatBlockjobIterator,
                              &iterdata) < 0)
         return -1;
@@ -2396,8 +2395,7 @@ qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLFormat(virBuffer *buf,
 
     qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLFormatPR(buf, priv);
 
-    if (virQEMUCapsGet(priv->qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_BLOCKDEV))
-        virBufferAsprintf(buf, "<nodename index='%llu'/>\n", priv->nodenameindex);
+    virBufferAsprintf(buf, "<nodename index='%llu'/>\n", priv->nodenameindex);
 
     virBufferAsprintf(buf, "<fdset index='%u'/>\n", priv->fdsetindex);
 
@@ -2825,15 +2823,13 @@ qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLParseBlockjobs(virDomainObj *vm,
         (tmp = virTristateBoolTypeFromString(active)) > 0)
         priv->reconnectBlockjobs = tmp;
 
-    if (virQEMUCapsGet(priv->qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_BLOCKDEV)) {
-        if ((nnodes = virXPathNodeSet("./blockjobs/blockjob", ctxt, &nodes)) < 0)
-            return -1;
+    if ((nnodes = virXPathNodeSet("./blockjobs/blockjob", ctxt, &nodes)) < 0)
+        return -1;
 
-        for (i = 0; i < nnodes; i++) {
-            if (qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLParseBlockjobData(vm, nodes[i], ctxt,
-                                                         priv->driver->xmlopt) < 0)
-                return -1;
-        }
+    for (i = 0; i < nnodes; i++) {
+        if (qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLParseBlockjobData(vm, nodes[i], ctxt,
+                                                     priv->driver->xmlopt) < 0)
+            return -1;
     }
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/blockjob-mirror-in.xml b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/blockjob-mirror-in.xml
index 73fe437f87..e9f1d77856 100644
--- a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/blockjob-mirror-in.xml
+++ b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/blockjob-mirror-in.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
   <libDir path='/tmp'/>
   <channelTargetDir path='/tmp/channel'/>
   <allowReboot value='yes'/>
+  <nodename index='0'/>
   <fdset index='0'/>
   <blockjobs active='yes'/>
   <agentTimeout>-2</agentTimeout>
diff --git a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-in-params-in.xml b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-in-params-in.xml
index 1086f5230d..03773a089b 100644
--- a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-in-params-in.xml
+++ b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-in-params-in.xml
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@
   <channelTargetDir path='/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/target/domain-1-nest'/>
   <chardevStdioLogd/>
   <allowReboot value='yes'/>
+  <nodename index='0'/>
   <fdset index='0'/>
   <blockjobs active='no'/>
   <agentTimeout>-2</agentTimeout>
diff --git a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-nbd-out.xml b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-nbd-out.xml
index 540e385de3..de92146eaa 100644
--- a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-nbd-out.xml
+++ b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-nbd-out.xml
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@
   <channelTargetDir path='/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/target/domain-4-upstream'/>
   <chardevStdioLogd/>
   <allowReboot value='yes'/>
+  <nodename index='0'/>
   <fdset index='0'/>
   <blockjobs active='no'/>
   <agentTimeout>-2</agentTimeout>
diff --git a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-nbd-tls-out.xml b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-nbd-tls-out.xml
index d0e997913f..6bdd128259 100644
--- a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-nbd-tls-out.xml
+++ b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-nbd-tls-out.xml
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@
   <channelTargetDir path='/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/target/domain-3-upstream'/>
   <chardevStdioLogd/>
   <allowReboot value='yes'/>
+  <nodename index='0'/>
   <fdset index='0'/>
   <blockjobs active='no'/>
   <agentTimeout>-2</agentTimeout>
diff --git a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-params-in.xml b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-params-in.xml
index 758a6f03b7..24ee86e4c0 100644
--- a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-params-in.xml
+++ b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/migration-out-params-in.xml
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@
   <channelTargetDir path='/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/target/domain-7-nest'/>
   <chardevStdioLogd/>
   <allowReboot value='yes'/>
+  <nodename index='0'/>
   <fdset index='0'/>
   <blockjobs active='no'/>
   <agentTimeout>-2</agentTimeout>
diff --git a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/upgrade-out.xml b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/upgrade-out.xml
index ac2ffeddc2..e663b3dbb5 100644
--- a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/upgrade-out.xml
+++ b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/upgrade-out.xml
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@
   <channelTargetDir path='/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/target/domain-1-upstream'/>
   <chardevStdioLogd/>
   <allowReboot value='yes'/>
+  <nodename index='0'/>
   <fdset index='0'/>
   <blockjobs active='no'/>
   <agentTimeout>-2</agentTimeout>
diff --git a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/vcpus-multi-in.xml b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/vcpus-multi-in.xml
index 0b8bc37c15..e71d6a83c7 100644
--- a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/vcpus-multi-in.xml
+++ b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/vcpus-multi-in.xml
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@
   <libDir path='/tmp'/>
   <channelTargetDir path='/tmp/channel'/>
   <allowReboot value='yes'/>
+  <nodename index='0'/>
   <fdset index='0'/>
   <blockjobs active='no'/>
   <agentTimeout>-2</agentTimeout>