diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
index dd6e31823e4df8a1354f99b3c883db2c2f9f633d..778c8ef205715b5ba002af3ac80122b011c562cf 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
@@ -2532,6 +2532,7 @@ qemuDomainAttachSCSIVHostDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     char *devstr = NULL;
     bool teardowncgroup = false;
     bool teardownlabel = false;
+    bool teardowndevice = false;
     bool releaseaddr = false;
 
     if (!virQEMUCapsGet(priv->qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_SCSI_GENERIC)) {
@@ -2548,6 +2549,10 @@ qemuDomainAttachSCSIVHostDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         return -1;
     }
 
+    if (qemuDomainNamespaceSetupHostdev(driver, vm, hostdev) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+    teardowndevice = true;
+
     if (qemuSetupHostdevCgroup(vm, hostdev) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
     teardowncgroup = true;
@@ -2613,6 +2618,9 @@ qemuDomainAttachSCSIVHostDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         if (teardownlabel &&
             qemuSecurityRestoreHostdevLabel(driver, vm, hostdev) < 0)
             VIR_WARN("Unable to restore host device labelling on hotplug fail");
+        if (teardowndevice &&
+            qemuDomainNamespaceTeardownHostdev(driver, vm, hostdev) < 0)
+            VIR_WARN("Unable to remove host device from /dev");
         if (releaseaddr)
             qemuDomainReleaseDeviceAddress(vm, hostdev->info, NULL);
     }