diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index fb766d077663277524093906b8c30e782f276163..3f16dbee2e6aa77de33198355b1750637cd28fb6 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -5941,15 +5941,11 @@ qemuDomainRefreshVcpuInfo(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         vcpupriv->enable_id = info[i].id;
 
         if (hotplug && state) {
-            vcpu->online = !!info[i].qom_path;
-
-            /* mark cpus that don't have an alias as non-hotpluggable */
-            if (vcpu->online) {
-                if (vcpupriv->alias)
-                    vcpu->hotpluggable = VIR_TRISTATE_BOOL_YES;
-                else
-                    vcpu->hotpluggable = VIR_TRISTATE_BOOL_NO;
-            }
+            vcpu->online = info[i].online;
+            if (info[i].hotpluggable)
+                vcpu->hotpluggable = VIR_TRISTATE_BOOL_YES;
+            else
+                vcpu->hotpluggable = VIR_TRISTATE_BOOL_NO;
         }
     }