diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 73f570c41962b0733b05ac9047eed3b0a4f47e9a..5bf6c704e073fbc1e0ca93bc337064f6718aa3e1 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -3573,7 +3573,7 @@ qemuBuildMemoryBackendProps(virJSONValuePtr *backendProps,
         pagesize = 0;
         needHugepage = false;
         useHugepage = false;
-    } else if (pagesize == 0) {
+    } else if (useHugepage && pagesize == 0) {
         if (qemuBuildMemoryGetDefaultPagesize(cfg, &pagesize) < 0)
             goto cleanup;
     }