diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
index f11d75584426a5e48bf516d1132736803202f65a..649c884445dafbbb8cb7a6f6eb6f618dd4a9f355 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
@@ -1509,6 +1509,7 @@ qemuDomainAttachHostScsiDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 {
     int ret = -1;
     qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
+    virDomainControllerDefPtr cont = NULL;
     char *devstr = NULL;
     char *drvstr = NULL;
     bool teardowncgroup = false;
@@ -1521,6 +1522,10 @@ qemuDomainAttachHostScsiDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         return -1;
     }
 
+    cont = qemuDomainFindOrCreateSCSIDiskController(driver, vm, hostdev->info->addr.drive.controller);
+    if (!cont)
+        return -1;
+
     if (qemuPrepareHostdevSCSIDevices(driver, vm->def->name,
                                       &hostdev, 1)) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,