diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index 17e667981d..f49a31c8e7 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -1695,6 +1695,7 @@ qemuCapsPtr qemuCapsNewCopy(qemuCapsPtr caps)
 
     virBitmapCopy(ret->flags, caps->flags);
 
+    ret->usedQMP = caps->usedQMP;
     ret->version = caps->version;
     ret->kvmVersion = caps->kvmVersion;
     ret->arch = caps->arch;
@@ -2633,3 +2634,9 @@ qemuCapsCacheFree(qemuCapsCachePtr cache)
     virMutexDestroy(&cache->lock);
     VIR_FREE(cache);
 }
+
+bool
+qemuCapsUsedQMP(qemuCapsPtr caps)
+{
+    return caps->usedQMP;
+}
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
index 3457852ddc..1417d7fe83 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
@@ -241,4 +241,5 @@ int qemuCapsParseDeviceStr(qemuCapsPtr caps, const char *str);
 
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(qemuCaps);
 
+bool qemuCapsUsedQMP(qemuCapsPtr caps);
 #endif /* __QEMU_CAPABILITIES_H__*/
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index eac6553bc8..358757b3b8 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -1532,6 +1532,7 @@ qemuProcessFindCharDevicePTYsMonitor(virDomainObjPtr vm,
                                      virHashTablePtr paths)
 {
     bool chardevfmt = qemuCapsGet(caps, QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV);
+    int i = 0;
 
     if (qemuProcessLookupPTYs(vm->def->serials, vm->def->nserials,
                               paths, chardevfmt) < 0)
@@ -1544,8 +1545,23 @@ qemuProcessFindCharDevicePTYsMonitor(virDomainObjPtr vm,
     if (qemuProcessLookupPTYs(vm->def->channels, vm->def->nchannels,
                               paths, chardevfmt) < 0)
         return -1;
+    /* For historical reasons, console[0] can be just an alias
+     * for serial[0]. That's why we need to update it as well. */
+    if (vm->def->nconsoles) {
+        virDomainChrDefPtr chr = vm->def->consoles[0];
 
-    if (qemuProcessLookupPTYs(vm->def->consoles, vm->def->nconsoles,
+        if (vm->def->nserials &&
+            chr->deviceType == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_DEVICE_TYPE_CONSOLE &&
+            chr->targetType == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_CONSOLE_TARGET_TYPE_SERIAL) {
+            /* yes, the first console is just an alias for serials[0] */
+            i = 1;
+            if (virDomainChrSourceDefCopy(&chr->source,
+                                          &((vm->def->serials[0])->source)) < 0)
+                return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (qemuProcessLookupPTYs(vm->def->consoles + i, vm->def->nconsoles - i,
                               paths, chardevfmt) < 0)
         return -1;
 
@@ -1650,7 +1666,7 @@ qemuProcessWaitForMonitor(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     virHashTablePtr paths = NULL;
     qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv;
 
-    if (pos != -1) {
+    if (!qemuCapsUsedQMP(caps) && pos != -1) {
         if ((logfd = qemuDomainOpenLog(driver, vm, pos)) < 0)
             return -1;