diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 9a2dcecd35eb3d3ca02f6e4f16f9898bce2c3537..434ac7c365895052789088e817033b59aa27e397 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -6637,7 +6637,7 @@ qemuBuildSmpArgStr(const virDomainDef *def,
 
 static int
 qemuBuildNumaArgStr(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg,
-                    const virDomainDef *def,
+                    virDomainDefPtr def,
                     virCommandPtr cmd,
                     virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                     virBitmapPtr nodeset)