diff --git a/src/util/virhostdev.c b/src/util/virhostdev.c
index b397b7917555e51035cdf46b3447716bc8a47ef6..933c94263c58a5653196524a7833ed11c8e7c580 100644
--- a/src/util/virhostdev.c
+++ b/src/util/virhostdev.c
@@ -1658,7 +1658,6 @@ virHostdevPCINodeDeviceReAttach(virHostdevManagerPtr mgr,
                                 virPCIDevicePtr pci)
 {
     struct virHostdevIsPCINodeDeviceUsedData data = { mgr, NULL, false };
-    virPCIDevicePtr actual;
     int ret = -1;
 
     virObjectLock(mgr->activePCIHostdevs);
@@ -1667,12 +1666,11 @@ virHostdevPCINodeDeviceReAttach(virHostdevManagerPtr mgr,
     if (virHostdevIsPCINodeDeviceUsed(virPCIDeviceGetAddress(pci), &data))
         goto cleanup;
 
-    /* We need to look up the actual device because that's what
-     * virPCIDeviceReattach() expects as its argument */
-    if (!(actual = virPCIDeviceListFind(mgr->inactivePCIHostdevs, pci)))
-        goto cleanup;
+    virPCIDeviceSetUnbindFromStub(pci, true);
+    virPCIDeviceSetRemoveSlot(pci, true);
+    virPCIDeviceSetReprobe(pci, true);
 
-    if (virPCIDeviceReattach(actual, mgr->activePCIHostdevs,
+    if (virPCIDeviceReattach(pci, mgr->activePCIHostdevs,
                              mgr->inactivePCIHostdevs) < 0)
         goto cleanup;