diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
index 7d3436304babca360b471d34fb09b936bd4b7cb2..f660aa685c34cbdfae5ca027a2700d33154fe643 100644
--- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
+++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
@@ -3277,7 +3277,7 @@
         control QEMU's "chassis_nr" option for the pci-bridge device
         (normally libvirt automatically sets this to the same value as
         the index attribute of the pci controller). If set, chassisNr
-        must be between 0 and 255.
+        must be between 1 and 255.
       </dd>
       <dt><code>chassis</code></dt>
       <dd>
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index f2086826a9e601717889c11bf9ea574234df668b..75ad03f49aa4da551c2394104dc66060ccb2c243 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -8405,11 +8405,11 @@ virDomainControllerDefParseXML(xmlNodePtr node,
                                chassisNr);
                 goto error;
             }
-            if (def->opts.pciopts.chassisNr < 0 ||
+            if (def->opts.pciopts.chassisNr < 1 ||
                 def->opts.pciopts.chassisNr > 255) {
                 virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR,
                                _("PCI controller chassisNr '%s' out of range "
-                                 "- must be 0-255"),
+                                 "- must be 1-255"),
                                chassisNr);
                 goto error;
             }
@@ -8456,11 +8456,11 @@ virDomainControllerDefParseXML(xmlNodePtr node,
                                busNr);
                 goto error;
             }
-            if (def->opts.pciopts.busNr < 0 ||
+            if (def->opts.pciopts.busNr < 1 ||
                 def->opts.pciopts.busNr > 254) {
                 virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR,
                                _("PCI controller busNr '%s' out of range "
-                                 "- must be 0-254"),
+                                 "- must be 1-254"),
                                busNr);
                 goto error;
             }