diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 43de08e25f929f4c713a245ae0015d3140b6281e..b9869f32d9c5e454cd82f48ae0284072891ca69a 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -4261,8 +4261,8 @@ qemuBuildDeviceVideoStr(const virDomainDef *def,
     if (video->primary) {
         model = qemuDeviceVideoTypeToString(video->type);
         if (!model || STREQ(model, "")) {
-            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
-                           _("video type %s is not supported with QEMU"),
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+                           _("invalid model for video type '%s'"),
                            virDomainVideoTypeToString(video->type));
             goto error;
         }
@@ -4271,12 +4271,6 @@ qemuBuildDeviceVideoStr(const virDomainDef *def,
             model = "virtio-gpu-pci";
         }
     } else {
-        if (video->type != VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_QXL) {
-            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
-                           "%s", _("non-primary video device must be type of 'qxl'"));
-            goto error;
-        }
-
         if (!virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_QXL)) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
                            "%s", _("only one video card is currently supported"));
@@ -4288,12 +4282,6 @@ qemuBuildDeviceVideoStr(const virDomainDef *def,
 
     virBufferAsprintf(&buf, "%s,id=%s", model, video->info.alias);
 
-    if (video->accel && video->accel->accel2d == VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ON) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
-                       _("qemu does not support the accel2d setting"));
-        goto error;
-    }
-
     if (video->accel && video->accel->accel3d == VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ON) {
         if (video->type != VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_VIRTIO ||
             !virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_GPU_VIRGL)) {
@@ -4308,19 +4296,6 @@ qemuBuildDeviceVideoStr(const virDomainDef *def,
     }
 
     if (video->type == VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_QXL) {
-        if (video->vram > (UINT_MAX / 1024)) {
-            virReportError(VIR_ERR_OVERFLOW,
-                           _("value for 'vram' must be less than '%u'"),
-                           UINT_MAX / 1024);
-            goto error;
-        }
-        if (video->ram > (UINT_MAX / 1024)) {
-            virReportError(VIR_ERR_OVERFLOW,
-                           _("value for 'ram' must be less than '%u'"),
-                           UINT_MAX / 1024);
-            goto error;
-        }
-
         if (video->ram) {
             /* QEMU accepts bytes for ram_size. */
             virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",ram_size=%u", video->ram * 1024);
@@ -4351,13 +4326,6 @@ qemuBuildDeviceVideoStr(const virDomainDef *def,
          (video->type == VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_VMVGA &&
           virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_VMWARE_SVGA_VGAMEM)))) {
 
-        if (video->vram < 1024) {
-            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
-                           "%s", _("value for 'vram' must be at least 1 MiB "
-                                   "(1024 KiB)"));
-            goto error;
-        }
-
         virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",vgamem_mb=%u", video->vram / 1024);
     }
 
@@ -4419,8 +4387,8 @@ qemuBuildVideoCommandLine(virCommandPtr cmd,
 
         const char *vgastr = qemuVideoTypeToString(primaryVideoType);
         if (!vgastr || STREQ(vgastr, "")) {
-            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
-                           _("video type %s is not supported with QEMU"),
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+                           _("invalid model for video type '%s'"),
                            virDomainVideoTypeToString(primaryVideoType));
             return -1;
         }
@@ -4447,19 +4415,6 @@ qemuBuildVideoCommandLine(virCommandPtr cmd,
             unsigned int vram64 = def->videos[0]->vram64;
             unsigned int vgamem = def->videos[0]->vgamem;
 
-            if (vram > (UINT_MAX / 1024)) {
-                virReportError(VIR_ERR_OVERFLOW,
-                       _("value for 'vram' must be less than '%u'"),
-                               UINT_MAX / 1024);
-                return -1;
-            }
-            if (ram > (UINT_MAX / 1024)) {
-                virReportError(VIR_ERR_OVERFLOW,
-                   _("value for 'ram' must be less than '%u'"),
-                               UINT_MAX / 1024);
-                return -1;
-            }
-
             if (ram) {
                 virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-global");
                 virCommandAddArgFormat(cmd, "%s.ram_size=%u",
@@ -4491,13 +4446,6 @@ qemuBuildVideoCommandLine(virCommandPtr cmd,
               virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_VMWARE_SVGA_VGAMEM)))) {
             unsigned int vram = def->videos[0]->vram;
 
-            if (vram < 1024) {
-                virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
-                               "%s", _("value for 'vgamem' must be at "
-                                       "least 1 MiB (1024 KiB)"));
-                return -1;
-            }
-
             virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-global");
             virCommandAddArgFormat(cmd, "%s.vgamem_mb=%u",
                                    dev, vram / 1024);
@@ -4505,12 +4453,6 @@ qemuBuildVideoCommandLine(virCommandPtr cmd,
 
         for (i = 1; i < def->nvideos; i++) {
             char *str;
-            if (def->videos[i]->type != VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_QXL) {
-                virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
-                               _("video type %s is only valid as primary video card"),
-                               virDomainVideoTypeToString(def->videos[0]->type));
-                return -1;
-            }
 
             virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-device");
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 83ac3896c391cb653874fd393fba4be80235591b..c9378586b32f3d6c96d2587ba92dd79ad014e768 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -2394,6 +2394,77 @@ qemuDomainDefPostParse(virDomainDefPtr def,
 }
 
 
+static int
+qemuDomainDefValidateVideo(const virDomainDef *def)
+{
+    size_t i;
+    virDomainVideoDefPtr video;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < def->nvideos; i++) {
+        video = def->videos[i];
+
+        switch (video->type) {
+        case VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_XEN:
+        case VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_VBOX:
+        case VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_PARALLELS:
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
+                           _("video type '%s' is not supported with QEMU"),
+                           virDomainVideoTypeToString(video->type));
+            return -1;
+        case VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_VGA:
+        case VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_CIRRUS:
+        case VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_VMVGA:
+        case VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_QXL:
+        case VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_VIRTIO:
+        case VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_LAST:
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (!video->primary &&
+            video->type != VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_QXL) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
+                           _("video type '%s' is only valid as primary "
+                             "video device"),
+                           virDomainVideoTypeToString(video->type));
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        if (video->accel && video->accel->accel2d == VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ON) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
+                           _("qemu does not support the accel2d setting"));
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        if (video->type == VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_QXL) {
+            if (video->vram > (UINT_MAX / 1024)) {
+                virReportError(VIR_ERR_OVERFLOW,
+                               _("value for 'vram' must be less than '%u'"),
+                               UINT_MAX / 1024);
+                return -1;
+            }
+            if (video->ram > (UINT_MAX / 1024)) {
+                virReportError(VIR_ERR_OVERFLOW,
+                               _("value for 'ram' must be less than '%u'"),
+                               UINT_MAX / 1024);
+                return -1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (video->type == VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_VGA ||
+            video->type == VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_VMVGA) {
+            if (video->vram && video->vram < 1024) {
+                virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
+                               "%s", _("value for 'vram' must be at least "
+                                       "1 MiB (1024 KiB)"));
+                return -1;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
 static int
 qemuDomainDefValidate(const virDomainDef *def,
                       virCapsPtr caps,
@@ -2453,6 +2524,9 @@ qemuDomainDefValidate(const virDomainDef *def,
         }
     }
 
+    if (qemuDomainDefValidateVideo(def) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
     ret = 0;
 
  cleanup:
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain_address.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain_address.c
index bb16738350ddd27b1ab0f5acc51c893640982888..dc67d514d22420dc401a5a2f19968c1d5339efac 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain_address.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain_address.c
@@ -1242,13 +1242,7 @@ qemuDomainAssignDevicePCISlots(virDomainDefPtr def,
             goto error;
     }
 
-    /* Further non-primary video cards which have to be qxl type */
     for (i = 1; i < def->nvideos; i++) {
-        if (def->videos[i]->type != VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_QXL) {
-            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
-                           _("non-primary video device must be type of 'qxl'"));
-            goto error;
-        }
         if (!virDeviceInfoPCIAddressWanted(&def->videos[i]->info))
             continue;
         if (virDomainPCIAddressReserveNextSlot(addrs, &def->videos[i]->info,