diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 66fbcf296dc5d8581c846cfd49abf5cb20576822..92fd42ebd07f21b047d0db681d4e545603cf68b3 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -7205,7 +7205,7 @@ qemuDomainDetachDeviceConfig(virDomainDefPtr vmdef,
     virDomainFSDefPtr fs;
     int idx;
 
-    switch (dev->type) {
+    switch ((virDomainDeviceType) dev->type) {
     case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_DISK:
         disk = dev->data.disk;
         if (!(det_disk = virDomainDiskRemoveByName(vmdef, disk->dst))) {
@@ -7283,7 +7283,20 @@ qemuDomainDetachDeviceConfig(virDomainDefPtr vmdef,
         virDomainFSDefFree(fs);
         break;
 
-    default:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_INPUT:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_SOUND:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_VIDEO:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_WATCHDOG:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_GRAPHICS:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_HUB:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_SMARTCARD:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_MEMBALLOON:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_NVRAM:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_RNG:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_SHMEM:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_REDIRDEV:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_NONE:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_LAST:
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_UNSUPPORTED,
                        _("persistent detach of device '%s' is not supported"),
                        virDomainDeviceTypeToString(dev->type));