diff --git a/virtManager/domain.py b/virtManager/domain.py
index beec2dab7..4ff156e9f 100644
--- a/virtManager/domain.py
+++ b/virtManager/domain.py
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ class vmmDomain(vmmLibvirtObject):
         return int(self.get_xmlobj().maxmemory)
 
     def vcpu_count(self):
-        return int(self.get_xmlobj().vcpus)
+        return int(self.get_xmlobj().curvcpus)
     def vcpu_max_count(self):
         guest = self.get_xmlobj()
         has_xml_max = (guest.curvcpus != guest.vcpus)