diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/208 b/tests/qemu-iotests/208
index 4e82b96c829a5017b76e62149aad657a9fdd5bff..18f59ada946ef6da7a2f00d9ba82e62318a1261e 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/208
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/208
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ with iotests.FilePath('disk.img') as disk_img_path, \
      iotests.VM() as vm:
 
     img_size = '10M'
-    iotests.qemu_img_pipe('create', '-f', iotests.imgfmt, disk_img_path, img_size)
+    iotests.qemu_img_create('-f', iotests.imgfmt, disk_img_path, img_size)
 
     iotests.log('Launching VM...')
     (vm.add_drive(disk_img_path, 'node-name=drive0-node', interface='none')