diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index c27c874d9e9da10e60df5e5378c87a2dbb9b79f2..f94a90fbcc9f3edaa0bb7e3fa034aa314688958e 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -15075,7 +15075,7 @@ virDomainVideoDefaultRAM(const virDomainDef *def,
 int
 virDomainVideoDefaultType(const virDomainDef *def)
 {
-    switch (def->virtType) {
+    switch ((virDomainVirtType)def->virtType) {
     case VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_TEST:
     case VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_XEN:
         if (def->os.type == VIR_DOMAIN_OSTYPE_XEN ||
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index a804e86f6c8417ee9c71a5248d222483f6d1ba83..c1dfa37fdf02aa1588c6b24e70687909ee90f21a 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -2386,7 +2386,7 @@ struct _virDomainVirtioOptions {
 typedef struct _virDomainDef virDomainDef;
 typedef virDomainDef *virDomainDefPtr;
 struct _virDomainDef {
-    virDomainVirtType virtType;
+    int virtType; /* enum virDomainVirtType */
     int id;
     unsigned char uuid[VIR_UUID_BUFLEN];
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index ae45c45b7fc744dd135c96dbfcc161513ee1b63b..d148db90fac39f68d105519722b68b1f7a02329c 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -7163,7 +7163,7 @@ qemuBuildMachineCommandLine(virCommandPtr cmd,
     virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-machine");
     virBufferAdd(&buf, def->os.machine, -1);
 
-    switch (def->virtType) {
+    switch ((virDomainVirtType)def->virtType) {
     case VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_QEMU:
         virBufferAddLit(&buf, ",accel=tcg");
         break;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 27bd8b94655eaa0bcec8325e88881578e0675b6a..c4e33723d18ff5ca4a567a92c4a298a256161b15 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -7191,6 +7191,7 @@ int qemuProcessAttach(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(driver);
     virCapsPtr caps = NULL;
     bool active = false;
+    virDomainVirtType virtType;
 
     VIR_DEBUG("Beginning VM attach process");
 
@@ -7342,8 +7343,9 @@ int qemuProcessAttach(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
         goto exit_monitor;
     if (qemuMonitorGetStatus(priv->mon, &running, &reason) < 0)
         goto exit_monitor;
-    if (qemuMonitorGetVirtType(priv->mon, &vm->def->virtType) < 0)
+    if (qemuMonitorGetVirtType(priv->mon, &virtType) < 0)
         goto exit_monitor;
+    vm->def->virtType = virtType;
     if (qemuDomainObjExitMonitor(driver, vm) < 0)
         goto error;