diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
index 0288986d83ee517bc685071c9f16dc2a1598603b..2d13c28913ebb975427933598c57df3c762143a7 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
@@ -590,11 +590,8 @@ int qemuDomainAttachControllerDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    if (ret == 0) {
-        if (controller->info.type == VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_ADDRESS_TYPE_NONE)
-            controller->info.type = VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_ADDRESS_TYPE_PCI;
+    if (ret == 0)
         virDomainControllerInsertPreAlloced(vm->def, controller);
-    }
 
  cleanup:
     if (ret != 0 && releaseaddr)