diff --git a/qemu/tests/virtio_console.py b/qemu/tests/virtio_console.py
index f98eaa88c66ba210f4992e904701abbb826e4be6..6c18f9b3c59a6fe60a48a24f95400831036c681a 100644
--- a/qemu/tests/virtio_console.py
+++ b/qemu/tests/virtio_console.py
@@ -1936,7 +1936,7 @@ def run(test, params, env):
         env_process.preprocess(test, params, env)
         vm = env.get_vm(params["main_vm"])
         try:
-            vm.create()
+            vm.create(params=params)
         except Exception, details:
             if exp_error_message in str(details):
                 logging.info("Expected qemu failure. Test PASSED.")