diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index a76e7d6f618e4c7a976823d033a2bcfc2550c11e..6fa3f55844383c40df72f5355dc23a8d1277b5ac 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -588,39 +588,20 @@ qemuBuildVirtioDevStr(virBufferPtr buf,
 
 static int
 qemuBuildVirtioOptionsStr(virBufferPtr buf,
-                          virDomainVirtioOptionsPtr virtio,
-                          virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps)
+                          virDomainVirtioOptionsPtr virtio)
 {
     if (!virtio)
         return 0;
 
     if (virtio->iommu != VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ABSENT) {
-        if (!virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_PCI_IOMMU_PLATFORM)) {
-            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
-                           _("the iommu setting is not supported "
-                             "with this QEMU binary"));
-            return -1;
-        }
         virBufferAsprintf(buf, ",iommu_platform=%s",
                           virTristateSwitchTypeToString(virtio->iommu));
     }
     if (virtio->ats != VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ABSENT) {
-        if (!virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_PCI_ATS)) {
-            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
-                           _("the ats setting is not supported with this "
-                             "QEMU binary"));
-            return -1;
-        }
         virBufferAsprintf(buf, ",ats=%s",
                           virTristateSwitchTypeToString(virtio->ats));
     }
     if (virtio->packed != VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ABSENT) {
-        if (!virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_PACKED_QUEUES)) {
-            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
-                           _("the packed setting is not supported with this "
-                             "QEMU binary"));
-            return -1;
-        }
         virBufferAsprintf(buf, ",packed=%s",
                           virTristateSwitchTypeToString(virtio->packed));
     }
@@ -2158,7 +2139,7 @@ qemuBuildDiskDeviceStr(const virDomainDef *def,
             virBufferAsprintf(&opt, ",num-queues=%u", disk->queues);
         }
 
-        if (qemuBuildVirtioOptionsStr(&opt, disk->virtio, qemuCaps) < 0)
+        if (qemuBuildVirtioOptionsStr(&opt, disk->virtio) < 0)
             return NULL;
 
         if (qemuBuildDeviceAddressStr(&opt, def, &disk->info, qemuCaps) < 0)
@@ -2623,7 +2604,7 @@ qemuBuildVHostUserFsCommandLine(virCommandPtr cmd,
         virBufferAsprintf(&opt, ",queue-size=%llu", fs->queue_size);
     virBufferAddLit(&opt, ",tag=");
     virQEMUBuildBufferEscapeComma(&opt, fs->dst);
-    if (qemuBuildVirtioOptionsStr(&opt, fs->virtio, priv->qemuCaps) < 0)
+    if (qemuBuildVirtioOptionsStr(&opt, fs->virtio) < 0)
         return -1;
 
     if (qemuBuildDeviceAddressStr(&opt, def, &fs->info, priv->qemuCaps) < 0)
@@ -2693,7 +2674,7 @@ qemuBuildFSDevStr(const virDomainDef *def,
     virBufferAddLit(&opt, ",mount_tag=");
     virQEMUBuildBufferEscapeComma(&opt, fs->dst);
 
-    if (qemuBuildVirtioOptionsStr(&opt, fs->virtio, qemuCaps) < 0)
+    if (qemuBuildVirtioOptionsStr(&opt, fs->virtio) < 0)
         return NULL;
 
     if (qemuBuildDeviceAddressStr(&opt, def, &fs->info, qemuCaps) < 0)
@@ -2925,7 +2906,7 @@ qemuBuildControllerDevStr(const virDomainDef *domainDef,
                                   def->iothread);
             }
 
-            if (qemuBuildVirtioOptionsStr(&buf, def->virtio, qemuCaps) < 0)
+            if (qemuBuildVirtioOptionsStr(&buf, def->virtio) < 0)
                 return -1;
             break;
         case VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_MODEL_SCSI_LSILOGIC:
@@ -2972,7 +2953,7 @@ qemuBuildControllerDevStr(const virDomainDef *domainDef,
             virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",vectors=%d",
                               def->opts.vioserial.vectors);
         }
-        if (qemuBuildVirtioOptionsStr(&buf, def->virtio, qemuCaps) < 0)
+        if (qemuBuildVirtioOptionsStr(&buf, def->virtio) < 0)
             return -1;
         break;
 
@@ -3924,7 +3905,7 @@ qemuBuildNicDevStr(virDomainDefPtr def,
     if (bootindex)
         virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",bootindex=%u", bootindex);
     if (usingVirtio &&
-        qemuBuildVirtioOptionsStr(&buf, net->virtio, qemuCaps) < 0)
+        qemuBuildVirtioOptionsStr(&buf, net->virtio) < 0)
         return NULL;
 
     return virBufferContentAndReset(&buf);
@@ -4166,7 +4147,7 @@ qemuBuildMemballoonCommandLine(virCommandPtr cmd,
                           virTristateSwitchTypeToString(def->memballoon->autodeflate));
     }
 
-    if (qemuBuildVirtioOptionsStr(&buf, def->memballoon->virtio, qemuCaps) < 0)
+    if (qemuBuildVirtioOptionsStr(&buf, def->memballoon->virtio) < 0)
         return -1;
 
     if (qemuCommandAddExtDevice(cmd, &def->memballoon->info) < 0)
@@ -4258,7 +4239,7 @@ qemuBuildVirtioInputDevStr(const virDomainDef *def,
     if (qemuBuildDeviceAddressStr(&buf, def, &dev->info, qemuCaps) < 0)
         return NULL;
 
-    if (qemuBuildVirtioOptionsStr(&buf, dev->virtio, qemuCaps) < 0)
+    if (qemuBuildVirtioOptionsStr(&buf, dev->virtio) < 0)
         return NULL;
 
     return virBufferContentAndReset(&buf);
@@ -4569,7 +4550,7 @@ qemuBuildDeviceVideoStr(const virDomainDef *def,
     if (qemuBuildDeviceAddressStr(&buf, def, &video->info, qemuCaps) < 0)
         return NULL;
 
-    if (qemuBuildVirtioOptionsStr(&buf, video->virtio, qemuCaps) < 0)
+    if (qemuBuildVirtioOptionsStr(&buf, video->virtio) < 0)
         return NULL;
 
     return virBufferContentAndReset(&buf);
@@ -5785,7 +5766,7 @@ qemuBuildRNGDevStr(const virDomainDef *def,
             virBufferAddLit(&buf, ",period=1000");
     }
 
-    if (qemuBuildVirtioOptionsStr(&buf, dev->virtio, qemuCaps) < 0)
+    if (qemuBuildVirtioOptionsStr(&buf, dev->virtio) < 0)
         return NULL;
 
     if (qemuBuildDeviceAddressStr(&buf, def, &dev->info, qemuCaps) < 0)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
index cd297aa734db25c28d79dd58b7156748a909616a..9debac6b302780b6afe3730d82a102c5d6ad2c9f 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
@@ -1078,6 +1078,40 @@ qemuValidateNetSupportsCoalesce(virDomainNetType type)
 }
 
 
+static int
+qemuValidateDomainVirtioOptions(const virDomainVirtioOptions *virtio,
+                                virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps)
+{
+    if (!virtio)
+        return 0;
+
+    if (virtio->iommu != VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ABSENT &&
+        !virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_PCI_IOMMU_PLATFORM)) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
+                       _("the iommu setting is not supported "
+                         "with this QEMU binary"));
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (virtio->ats != VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ABSENT &&
+        !virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_PCI_ATS)) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
+                       _("the ats setting is not supported with this "
+                         "QEMU binary"));
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (virtio->packed != VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ABSENT &&
+        !virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_PACKED_QUEUES)) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
+                           _("the packed setting is not supported with this "
+                             "QEMU binary"));
+            return -1;
+        }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
 static int
 qemuValidateDomainDeviceDefNetwork(const virDomainNetDef *net,
                                    virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps)
@@ -1155,6 +1189,8 @@ qemuValidateDomainDeviceDefNetwork(const virDomainNetDef *net,
                            _("tx_queue_size has to be a power of two"));
             return -1;
         }
+        if (qemuValidateDomainVirtioOptions(net->virtio, qemuCaps) < 0)
+            return -1;
     }
 
     if (net->mtu &&
@@ -1502,12 +1538,15 @@ qemuValidateDomainSmartcardDef(const virDomainSmartcardDef *def,
 
 static int
 qemuValidateDomainRNGDef(const virDomainRNGDef *def,
-                         virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps G_GNUC_UNUSED)
+                         virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps)
 {
     if (def->backend == VIR_DOMAIN_RNG_BACKEND_EGD &&
         qemuValidateDomainChrSourceDef(def->source.chardev, qemuCaps) < 0)
         return -1;
 
+    if (qemuValidateDomainVirtioOptions(def->virtio, qemuCaps) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1851,6 +1890,9 @@ qemuValidateDomainDeviceDefVideo(const virDomainVideoDef *video,
         }
     }
 
+    if (qemuValidateDomainVirtioOptions(video->virtio, qemuCaps) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1949,6 +1991,11 @@ qemuValidateDomainDeviceDefDisk(const virDomainDiskDef *disk,
             return -1;
     }
 
+    if (disk->bus == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_BUS_VIRTIO &&
+        qemuValidateDomainVirtioOptions(disk->virtio, qemuCaps) < 0) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2179,7 +2226,8 @@ virValidateControllerPCIModelNameToQEMUCaps(int modelName)
 
 
 static int
-qemuValidateDomainDeviceDefControllerAttributes(const virDomainControllerDef *controller)
+qemuValidateDomainDeviceDefControllerAttributes(const virDomainControllerDef *controller,
+                                                virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps)
 {
     if (!(controller->type == VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_SCSI &&
           (controller->model == VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_MODEL_SCSI_VIRTIO_SCSI ||
@@ -2210,6 +2258,13 @@ qemuValidateDomainDeviceDefControllerAttributes(const virDomainControllerDef *co
                            _("'iothread' is only supported for virtio-scsi controller"));
             return -1;
         }
+        if (qemuValidateDomainVirtioOptions(controller->virtio, qemuCaps) < 0)
+            return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (controller->type == VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_VIRTIO_SERIAL &&
+        qemuValidateDomainVirtioOptions(controller->virtio, qemuCaps) < 0) {
+        return -1;
     }
 
     return 0;
@@ -2752,7 +2807,7 @@ qemuValidateDomainDeviceDefController(const virDomainControllerDef *controller,
         !qemuValidateCheckSCSIControllerModel(qemuCaps, controller->model))
         return -1;
 
-    if (qemuValidateDomainDeviceDefControllerAttributes(controller) < 0)
+    if (qemuValidateDomainDeviceDefControllerAttributes(controller, qemuCaps) < 0)
         return -1;
 
     switch ((virDomainControllerType)controller->type) {
@@ -3089,6 +3144,9 @@ qemuValidateDomainDeviceDefFS(virDomainFSDefPtr fs,
         return -1;
     }
 
+    if (qemuValidateDomainVirtioOptions(fs->virtio, qemuCaps) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3357,6 +3415,9 @@ qemuValidateDomainDeviceDefInput(const virDomainInputDef *input,
         return -1;
     }
 
+    if (qemuValidateDomainVirtioOptions(input->virtio, qemuCaps) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3386,6 +3447,9 @@ qemuValidateDomainDeviceDefMemballoon(const virDomainMemballoonDef *memballoon,
         return -1;
     }
 
+    if (qemuValidateDomainVirtioOptions(memballoon->virtio, qemuCaps) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index c01a412abdf52a3368bc8d763d2d9d9473c869e1..4a303c0185df084065beddc2085863a992b2e625 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -3058,48 +3058,48 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("virtio-options-net-packed");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("virtio-options-rng-packed");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("virtio-options-video-packed");
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("virtio-options-controller-iommu", QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_SCSI);
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("virtio-options-disk-iommu", NONE);
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("virtio-options-fs-iommu", NONE);
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("virtio-options-input-iommu", QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_MOUSE,
-                    QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_KEYBOARD);
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("virtio-options-memballoon-iommu", NONE);
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("virtio-options-net-iommu", NONE);
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("virtio-options-rng-iommu", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_RNG,
-                    QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_RNG_RANDOM);
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("virtio-options-video-iommu", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_GPU,
-                    QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_GPU,
-                    QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_GPU_VIRGL,
-                    QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIDEO_PRIMARY,
-                    QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VHOST_USER_GPU);
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("virtio-options-controller-ats", QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_SCSI);
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("virtio-options-disk-ats", NONE);
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("virtio-options-fs-ats", NONE);
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("virtio-options-input-ats", QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_MOUSE,
-                    QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_KEYBOARD);
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("virtio-options-memballoon-ats", NONE);
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("virtio-options-net-ats", NONE);
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("virtio-options-rng-ats", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_RNG,
-                    QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_RNG_RANDOM);
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("virtio-options-video-ats", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_GPU,
-                    QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_GPU,
-                    QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_GPU_VIRGL,
-                    QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIDEO_PRIMARY,
-                    QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VHOST_USER_GPU);
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("virtio-options-controller-packed", QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_SCSI);
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("virtio-options-disk-packed", NONE);
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("virtio-options-fs-packed", NONE);
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("virtio-options-input-packed", QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_MOUSE,
-                    QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_KEYBOARD);
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("virtio-options-memballoon-packed", NONE);
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("virtio-options-net-packed", NONE);
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("virtio-options-rng-packed", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_RNG,
-                    QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_RNG_RANDOM);
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("virtio-options-video-packed", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_GPU,
-                    QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_GPU,
-                    QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_GPU_VIRGL,
-                    QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIDEO_PRIMARY,
-                    QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VHOST_USER_GPU);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-controller-iommu", QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_SCSI);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-disk-iommu", NONE);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-fs-iommu", NONE);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-input-iommu", QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_MOUSE,
+                        QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_KEYBOARD);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-net-iommu", NONE);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-memballoon-iommu", NONE);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-rng-iommu", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_RNG,
+                        QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_RNG_RANDOM);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-video-iommu", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_GPU,
+                        QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_GPU,
+                        QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_GPU_VIRGL,
+                        QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIDEO_PRIMARY,
+                        QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VHOST_USER_GPU);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-controller-ats", QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_SCSI);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-disk-ats", NONE);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-fs-ats", NONE);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-input-ats", QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_MOUSE,
+                        QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_KEYBOARD);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-memballoon-ats", NONE);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-net-ats", NONE);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-rng-ats", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_RNG,
+                        QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_RNG_RANDOM);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-video-ats", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_GPU,
+                        QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_GPU,
+                        QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_GPU_VIRGL,
+                        QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIDEO_PRIMARY,
+                        QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VHOST_USER_GPU);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-controller-packed", QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_SCSI);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-disk-packed", NONE);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-fs-packed", NONE);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-input-packed", QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_MOUSE,
+                        QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_KEYBOARD);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-memballoon-packed", NONE);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-net-packed", NONE);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-rng-packed", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_RNG,
+                        QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_RNG_RANDOM);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-options-video-packed", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_GPU,
+                        QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_GPU,
+                        QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_GPU_VIRGL,
+                        QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIDEO_PRIMARY,
+                        QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VHOST_USER_GPU);
 
     DO_TEST("fd-memory-numa-topology", QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE,
             QEMU_CAPS_KVM);