diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/balloon-mmio-deflate.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/balloon-mmio-deflate.xml
index a749bf31a2..cb4ad0d347 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/balloon-mmio-deflate.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/balloon-mmio-deflate.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
   </cpu>
   <devices>
     <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64</emulator>
-    <memballoon model='virtio' autodeflate='on'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio' autodeflate='on'>
+      <address type='virtio-mmio'/>
+    </memballoon>
   </devices>
 </domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/balloon-mmio-deflate.aarch64-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/balloon-mmio-deflate.aarch64-latest.xml
index 8aeb191979..98065d28d4 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/balloon-mmio-deflate.aarch64-latest.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/balloon-mmio-deflate.aarch64-latest.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
   <devices>
     <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64</emulator>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'/>
     <audio id='1' type='none'/>
     <memballoon model='virtio' autodeflate='on'>
       <address type='virtio-mmio'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c b/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
index eb2b119ee0..65953b129b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
@@ -1868,13 +1868,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("balloon-device");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("balloon-device-deflate");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("balloon-ccw-deflate", "s390x");
-    DO_TEST_FULL("balloon-mmio-deflate", ".aarch64-latest",
-                 ARG_CAPS_ARCH, "aarch64",
-                 ARG_CAPS_VER, "latest",
-                 ARG_QEMU_CAPS_DEL,
-                 QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_GPEX, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCI_BRIDGE,
-                 QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_DMI_TO_PCI_BRIDGE, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_IOH3420,
-                 QEMU_CAPS_LAST, ARG_END);
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("balloon-mmio-deflate", "aarch64");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("balloon-device-deflate-off");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("balloon-device-auto");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("balloon-device-period");