diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index f578d4a5aeea4e8884bbd0ed4038b2f48ee0f553..6716e62e4a846b1e89f22d2c1b3b579134efb14c 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -4362,14 +4362,15 @@ virQEMUCapsInitQMP(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                    char **qmperr)
 {
     qemuProcessQMPPtr proc = NULL;
+    qemuProcessQMPPtr procTCG = NULL;
     int ret = -1;
     int rc;
 
     if (!(proc = qemuProcessQMPNew(qemuCaps->binary, libDir,
-                                   runUid, runGid, qmperr)))
+                                   runUid, runGid, qmperr, false)))
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if ((rc = qemuProcessQMPRun(proc, false)) != 0) {
+    if ((rc = qemuProcessQMPRun(proc)) != 0) {
         if (rc == 1)
             ret = 0;
         goto cleanup;
@@ -4379,14 +4380,22 @@ virQEMUCapsInitQMP(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_KVM)) {
+        /* The second QEMU process probes for TCG capabilities
+         * in case the first process reported KVM as enabled
+         * (otherwise the first one already reported TCG capabilities). */
+
         qemuProcessQMPStop(proc);
-        if ((rc = qemuProcessQMPRun(proc, true)) != 0) {
+
+        procTCG = qemuProcessQMPNew(qemuCaps->binary, libDir,
+                                    runUid, runGid, NULL, true);
+
+        if ((rc = qemuProcessQMPRun(procTCG)) != 0) {
             if (rc == 1)
                 ret = 0;
             goto cleanup;
         }
 
-        if (virQEMUCapsInitQMPMonitorTCG(qemuCaps, proc->mon) < 0)
+        if (virQEMUCapsInitQMPMonitorTCG(qemuCaps, procTCG->mon) < 0)
             goto cleanup;
     }
 
@@ -4394,7 +4403,9 @@ virQEMUCapsInitQMP(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
 
  cleanup:
     qemuProcessQMPStop(proc);
+    qemuProcessQMPStop(procTCG);
     qemuProcessQMPFree(proc);
+    qemuProcessQMPFree(procTCG);
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 4ae2067782ea5d563619c61b2f5dd45f96218654..6c0f7165c7ec9455ec04071a71752b536c132d3d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -8344,7 +8344,8 @@ qemuProcessQMPNew(const char *binary,
                   const char *libDir,
                   uid_t runUid,
                   gid_t runGid,
-                  char **qmperr)
+                  char **qmperr,
+                  bool forceTCG)
 {
     qemuProcessQMPPtr proc = NULL;
 
@@ -8357,6 +8358,7 @@ qemuProcessQMPNew(const char *binary,
     proc->runUid = runUid;
     proc->runGid = runGid;
     proc->qmperr = qmperr;
+    proc->forceTCG = forceTCG;
 
     /* the ".sock" sufix is important to avoid a possible clash with a qemu
      * domain called "capabilities"
@@ -8395,15 +8397,14 @@ qemuProcessQMPNew(const char *binary,
  *          1 when probing QEMU failed
  */
 int
-qemuProcessQMPRun(qemuProcessQMPPtr proc,
-                  bool forceTCG)
+qemuProcessQMPRun(qemuProcessQMPPtr proc)
 {
     virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt = NULL;
     const char *machine;
     int status = 0;
     int ret = -1;
 
-    if (forceTCG)
+    if (proc->forceTCG)
         machine = "none,accel=tcg";
     else
         machine = "none,accel=kvm:tcg";
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.h b/src/qemu/qemu_process.h
index c59379facb360196502a13f8282679c60b4e5bfc..46a0bd2475246636d3ecdb703016e4a7fe664bbc 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.h
@@ -229,18 +229,19 @@ struct _qemuProcessQMP {
     virDomainChrSourceDef config;
     pid_t pid;
     virDomainObjPtr vm;
+    bool forceTCG;
 };
 
 qemuProcessQMPPtr qemuProcessQMPNew(const char *binary,
                                     const char *libDir,
                                     uid_t runUid,
                                     gid_t runGid,
-                                    char **qmperr);
+                                    char **qmperr,
+                                    bool forceTCG);
 
 void qemuProcessQMPFree(qemuProcessQMPPtr proc);
 
-int qemuProcessQMPRun(qemuProcessQMPPtr proc,
-                      bool forceTCG);
+int qemuProcessQMPRun(qemuProcessQMPPtr proc);
 
 void qemuProcessQMPStop(qemuProcessQMPPtr proc);