diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 8b4a57a43a..91367ab38f 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -8453,7 +8453,8 @@ qemuBuildCommandLine(virConnectPtr conn,
                            cont->model == -1 &&
                            !qemuDomainMachineIsQ35(def) &&
                            (!virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_PIIX3_USB_UHCI) ||
-                            def->os.arch == VIR_ARCH_PPC64)) {
+                            (!virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_PCI_OHCI) &&
+                             def->os.arch == VIR_ARCH_PPC64))) {
                     if (usblegacy) {
                         virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
                                        _("Multiple legacy USB controllers are "
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-usb-default.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-usb-default.args
index 3a21b76833..eac7c56b9d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-usb-default.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-usb-default.args
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -nographic -nodefconfig -nodefaults \
 -chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait \
 -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline -no-acpi -boot c \
--usb -chardev pty,id=charserial0 \
+-device pci-ohci,id=usb,bus=pci,addr=0x1 -chardev pty,id=charserial0 \
 -device spapr-vty,chardev=charserial0,reg=0x30000000