diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 92047add4307cb3111446cb950b7129aed3dd4cb..edc80a8fc1d8988aff1b95919763bbfb26898174 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -7783,7 +7783,7 @@ qemuDomainDefFormatBufInternal(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
          * because other architectures and machine types were introduced
          * when libvirt already supported <controller type='usb'/>.
          */
-        if (ARCH_IS_X86(def->os.arch) && qemuDomainIsI440FX(def) &&
+        if (qemuDomainIsI440FX(def) &&
             usb && usb->idx == 0 &&
             (usb->model == VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_MODEL_USB_DEFAULT ||
              usb->model == VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_MODEL_USB_PIIX3_UHCI) &&