diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 1c2feebdcfaa6c09f8f148e91954571f03d4604e..f2e6e5a2403b81d24266dfa4e9826d2ee3f4900f 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -7686,7 +7686,7 @@ qemuBuildCommandLine(virConnectPtr conn,
     virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-m");
     def->mem.max_balloon = VIR_DIV_UP(def->mem.max_balloon, 1024) * 1024;
     virCommandAddArgFormat(cmd, "%llu", def->mem.max_balloon / 1024);
-    if (def->mem.nhugepages && !def->mem.hugepages[0].size) {
+    if (def->mem.nhugepages && (!def->cpu || !def->cpu->ncells)) {
         char *mem_path;
 
         if (!cfg->nhugetlbfs) {
@@ -7702,9 +7702,26 @@ qemuBuildCommandLine(virConnectPtr conn,
             goto error;
         }
 
-        if (!(mem_path = qemuGetDefaultHugepath(cfg->hugetlbfs,
-                                                cfg->nhugetlbfs)))
-            goto error;
+        if (def->mem.hugepages[0].size) {
+            for (j = 0; j < cfg->nhugetlbfs; j++) {
+                if (cfg->hugetlbfs[j].size == def->mem.hugepages[0].size)
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            if (j == cfg->nhugetlbfs) {
+                virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+                               _("Unable to find any usable hugetlbfs mount for %llu KiB"),
+                               def->mem.hugepages[0].size);
+                goto error;
+            }
+
+            if (!(mem_path = qemuGetHugepagePath(&cfg->hugetlbfs[j])))
+                goto error;
+        } else {
+            if (!(mem_path = qemuGetDefaultHugepath(cfg->hugetlbfs,
+                                                    cfg->nhugetlbfs)))
+                goto error;
+        }
 
         virCommandAddArgList(cmd, "-mem-prealloc", "-mem-path",
                              mem_path, NULL);
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages5.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages5.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0e0f35a966a798f7603e405bf7129455ec2c9f6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages5.args
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 1024 \
+-mem-prealloc \
+-mem-path /dev/hugepages2M/libvirt/qemu \
+-smp 2 -nographic \
+-monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait -no-acpi -boot c -usb \
+-hda /dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1 -net none -serial none -parallel none
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages5.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages5.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..50a9cd8c68f8f53a32319b8dda931d9739038f80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages-pages5.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>SomeDummyHugepagesGuest</name>
+  <uuid>ef1bdff4-27f3-4e85-a807-5fb4d58463cc</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
+  <memoryBacking>
+    <hugepages>
+      <page size='2048' unit='KiB'/>
+    </hugepages>
+  </memoryBacking>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu</emulator>
+    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
+      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
+      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0'/>
+    <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index c8a6c2e507b591ae2c77468f103da82c5958e02c..275e699aeb9743be5a01cd2ac7950921901880bc 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -688,6 +688,7 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);
     DO_TEST_FAILURE("hugepages-pages4", QEMU_CAPS_MEM_PATH,
             QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_RAM, QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);
+    DO_TEST("hugepages-pages5", QEMU_CAPS_MEM_PATH);
     DO_TEST("nosharepages", QEMU_CAPS_MACHINE_OPT, QEMU_CAPS_MEM_MERGE);
     DO_TEST("disk-cdrom", NONE);
     DO_TEST("disk-cdrom-network-http", QEMU_CAPS_KVM, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE,