diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_firmware.c b/src/qemu/qemu_firmware.c
index 9ba5d899fa..7953b297bc 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_firmware.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_firmware.c
@@ -1913,13 +1913,11 @@ qemuFirmwareFillDomain(virQEMUDriver *driver,
         return -1;
     }
 
-    /* If firmware autoselection is disabled and the loader is a ROM
-     * instead of a PFLASH device, then we're using BIOS and we don't
-     * need any information at all */
-    if (!autoSelection &&
-        (!loader || (loader && loader->type == VIR_DOMAIN_LOADER_TYPE_ROM))) {
+    /* If firmware autoselection is disabled and no information
+     * related to the loader was provided, then we're using the
+     * default built-in firmware and we can stop here */
+    if (!autoSelection && !loader)
         return 0;
-    }
 
     /* Look for the information we need in firmware descriptors */
     if ((ret = qemuFirmwareFillDomainModern(driver, def)) < 0)
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/firmware-manual-efi-tdx.x86_64-latest+inteltdx.xml b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/firmware-manual-efi-tdx.x86_64-latest+inteltdx.xml
index 7428a3dfef..cdb92dcf1d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/firmware-manual-efi-tdx.x86_64-latest+inteltdx.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/firmware-manual-efi-tdx.x86_64-latest+inteltdx.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
   <os>
     <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-10.0'>hvm</type>
-    <loader readonly='yes' type='rom'>/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF.inteltdx.secboot.fd</loader>
+    <loader readonly='yes' type='rom' format='raw'>/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF.inteltdx.secboot.fd</loader>
     <boot dev='hd'/>
   </os>
   <features>