diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index f07e4fb80e2a7a6d95991cba8fa6a7ea9d044d7d..4d0522106808827f5925ab6e7c396ec88db0bb8b 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -10187,7 +10187,7 @@ qemuDomainGetNumaParameters(virDomainPtr dom,
                     goto cleanup;
             } else {
                 if (!virCgroupHasController(priv->cgroup,
-                                            VIR_CGROUP_CONTROLLER_MEMORY) ||
+                                            VIR_CGROUP_CONTROLLER_CPUSET) ||
                     virCgroupGetCpusetMems(priv->cgroup, &nodeset) < 0) {
                     nodeset = virDomainNumatuneFormatNodeset(vm->def->numa,
                                                              NULL, -1);