diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 24c1ca4386af7060bc0b19e89d87e34243addd8c..d1e51889bcdb64408792da41805142f7aeca0e05 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -5068,12 +5068,11 @@ qemuDomainPinVcpuFlags(virDomainPtr dom,
                 goto endjob;
             if (qemuSetupCgroupCpusetCpus(cgroup_vcpu, pcpumap) < 0)
                 goto endjob;
-        } else {
-            if (virProcessSetAffinity(qemuDomainGetVcpuPid(vm, vcpu),
-                                      pcpumap) < 0)
-                goto endjob;
         }
 
+        if (virProcessSetAffinity(qemuDomainGetVcpuPid(vm, vcpu), pcpumap) < 0)
+            goto endjob;
+
         virBitmapFree(vcpuinfolive->cpumask);
         vcpuinfolive->cpumask = pcpumaplive;
         pcpumaplive = NULL;