diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-pci.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-pci.c
index 34a724c7545ace70e3a37bab368f6fd72b938657..ef92c4ad6ff93cbe0f43e6c297eb658aaff7028d 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-pci.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-pci.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ static void virtio_gpu_pci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
 
     set_bit(DEVICE_CATEGORY_DISPLAY, dc->categories);
     dc->props = virtio_gpu_pci_properties;
+    dc->hotpluggable = false;
     k->realize = virtio_gpu_pci_realize;
     pcidev_k->class_id = PCI_CLASS_DISPLAY_OTHER;
 }