diff --git a/hw/net/e1000e.c b/hw/net/e1000e.c
index 89f96eb4a0769a592e489d96bcf71de4f8936ff5..77a4b3e5bf9d632ee2d0e0d3567f9119007a597f 100644
--- a/hw/net/e1000e.c
+++ b/hw/net/e1000e.c
@@ -472,7 +472,8 @@ static void e1000e_pci_realize(PCIDevice *pci_dev, Error **errp)
         hw_error("Failed to initialize PM capability");
     }
 
-    if (pcie_aer_init(pci_dev, e1000e_aer_offset, PCI_ERR_SIZEOF, NULL) < 0) {
+    if (pcie_aer_init(pci_dev, PCI_ERR_VER, e1000e_aer_offset,
+                      PCI_ERR_SIZEOF, NULL) < 0) {
         hw_error("Failed to initialize AER capability");
     }
 
diff --git a/hw/pci-bridge/ioh3420.c b/hw/pci-bridge/ioh3420.c
index 04180af794710151985bd2e88d4637eaa6d876e6..84b7946c3136d9f830336db70e16f6c56b6038ad 100644
--- a/hw/pci-bridge/ioh3420.c
+++ b/hw/pci-bridge/ioh3420.c
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ static int ioh3420_initfn(PCIDevice *d)
         goto err_pcie_cap;
     }
 
-    rc = pcie_aer_init(d, IOH_EP_AER_OFFSET, PCI_ERR_SIZEOF, &err);
+    rc = pcie_aer_init(d, PCI_ERR_VER, IOH_EP_AER_OFFSET,
+                       PCI_ERR_SIZEOF, &err);
     if (rc < 0) {
         error_report_err(err);
         goto err;
diff --git a/hw/pci-bridge/xio3130_downstream.c b/hw/pci-bridge/xio3130_downstream.c
index 571334185b42ea692e46c494b6e1cb323f9aa10e..04b8e5b8479e4f6ce7d0cd3554a91348996b5564 100644
--- a/hw/pci-bridge/xio3130_downstream.c
+++ b/hw/pci-bridge/xio3130_downstream.c
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ static int xio3130_downstream_initfn(PCIDevice *d)
         goto err_pcie_cap;
     }
 
-    rc = pcie_aer_init(d, XIO3130_AER_OFFSET, PCI_ERR_SIZEOF, &err);
+    rc = pcie_aer_init(d, PCI_ERR_VER, XIO3130_AER_OFFSET,
+                       PCI_ERR_SIZEOF, &err);
     if (rc < 0) {
         error_report_err(err);
         goto err;
diff --git a/hw/pci-bridge/xio3130_upstream.c b/hw/pci-bridge/xio3130_upstream.c
index 94c16910069eef9e489237e4b1b7311d4ded70e2..d1f59c883477c19ef751052d2b00672ee8bb18c6 100644
--- a/hw/pci-bridge/xio3130_upstream.c
+++ b/hw/pci-bridge/xio3130_upstream.c
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ static int xio3130_upstream_initfn(PCIDevice *d)
     pcie_cap_flr_init(d);
     pcie_cap_deverr_init(d);
 
-    rc = pcie_aer_init(d, XIO3130_AER_OFFSET, PCI_ERR_SIZEOF, &err);
+    rc = pcie_aer_init(d, PCI_ERR_VER, XIO3130_AER_OFFSET,
+                       PCI_ERR_SIZEOF, &err);
     if (rc < 0) {
         error_report_err(err);
         goto err;
diff --git a/hw/pci/pcie_aer.c b/hw/pci/pcie_aer.c
index 2a4bd5aef639f64f7f82f0d2a6f417fcd005afa0..daf1f65427c2d302d72a5d4011acc252f500821e 100644
--- a/hw/pci/pcie_aer.c
+++ b/hw/pci/pcie_aer.c
@@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ static void aer_log_clear_all_err(PCIEAERLog *aer_log)
     aer_log->log_num = 0;
 }
 
-int pcie_aer_init(PCIDevice *dev, uint16_t offset, uint16_t size,
-                  Error **errp)
+int pcie_aer_init(PCIDevice *dev, uint8_t cap_ver, uint16_t offset,
+                  uint16_t size, Error **errp)
 {
-    pcie_add_capability(dev, PCI_EXT_CAP_ID_ERR, PCI_ERR_VER,
+    pcie_add_capability(dev, PCI_EXT_CAP_ID_ERR, cap_ver,
                         offset, size);
     dev->exp.aer_cap = offset;
 
diff --git a/include/hw/pci/pcie_aer.h b/include/hw/pci/pcie_aer.h
index 5891b6816e851af2fdc8a2309774a6884923858d..526802bd312ba61f10f29da7a15a6556c2ccae32 100644
--- a/include/hw/pci/pcie_aer.h
+++ b/include/hw/pci/pcie_aer.h
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ struct PCIEAERErr {
 
 extern const VMStateDescription vmstate_pcie_aer_log;
 
-int pcie_aer_init(PCIDevice *dev, uint16_t offset, uint16_t size,
-                  Error **errp);
+int pcie_aer_init(PCIDevice *dev, uint8_t cap_ver, uint16_t offset,
+                  uint16_t size, Error **errp);
 void pcie_aer_exit(PCIDevice *dev);
 void pcie_aer_write_config(PCIDevice *dev,
                            uint32_t addr, uint32_t val, int len);