diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index d77cf8c2d6..269276f2f9 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -3516,7 +3516,7 @@ qemuBuildLegacyNicStr(virDomainNetDefPtr net)
                              net->info.alias,
                              (net->model ? ",model=" : ""),
                              (net->model ? net->model : ""),
-                             (net->info.alias ? ",name=" : ""),
+                             (net->info.alias ? ",id=" : ""),
                              (net->info.alias ? net->info.alias : "")));
     return str;
 }
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/arm-vexpressa9-basic.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/arm-vexpressa9-basic.args
index 90661d8b55..b925baa0e0 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/arm-vexpressa9-basic.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/arm-vexpressa9-basic.args
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ server,nowait \
 -usb \
 -drive file=/arm.raw,format=raw,if=sd,index=0 \
 -netdev user,id=hostnet0 \
--net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:09:a4:37,netdev=hostnet0,model=lan9118,name=net0 \
+-net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:09:a4:37,netdev=hostnet0,model=lan9118,id=net0 \
 -chardev pty,id=charserial0 \
 -serial chardev:charserial0