diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
index 649c884445dafbbb8cb7a6f6eb6f618dd4a9f355..c136232eaf63dc0e04c9d8e9957eeb1db5a64658 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
@@ -1899,7 +1899,8 @@ qemuDomainChangeNet(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         (olddev->driver.virtio.name != newdev->driver.virtio.name ||
          olddev->driver.virtio.txmode != newdev->driver.virtio.txmode ||
          olddev->driver.virtio.ioeventfd != newdev->driver.virtio.ioeventfd ||
-         olddev->driver.virtio.event_idx != newdev->driver.virtio.event_idx)) {
+         olddev->driver.virtio.event_idx != newdev->driver.virtio.event_idx ||
+         olddev->driver.virtio.queues != newdev->driver.virtio.queues)) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
                        _("cannot modify virtio network device driver attributes"));
         goto cleanup;