diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 20730a90eb..09f412e93d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -4210,6 +4210,7 @@ qemuBuildCpuArgStr(const struct qemud_driver *driver,
             virBufferAsprintf(&buf, "%s,%ckvmclock",
                               have_cpu ? "" : default_model,
                               sign);
+            have_cpu = true;
             break;
         }
     }
@@ -4224,6 +4225,7 @@ qemuBuildCpuArgStr(const struct qemud_driver *driver,
         virBufferAsprintf(&buf, "%s,%ckvm_pv_eoi",
                           have_cpu ? "" : default_model,
                           sign);
+        have_cpu = true;
     }
 
     if (virBufferError(&buf))
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvmclock+eoi-disabled.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvmclock+eoi-disabled.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7ade0aaa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvmclock+eoi-disabled.args
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test /usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc \
+-cpu qemu32,-kvmclock,-kvm_pv_eoi -m 214 -smp 6 -nographic -monitor \
+unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait -boot n -net none -serial \
+none -parallel none -usb
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvmclock+eoi-disabled.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvmclock+eoi-disabled.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a79b09fb5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-kvmclock+eoi-disabled.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>219100</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219100</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>6</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='network'/>
+  </os>
+  <features>
+    <acpi/>
+    <apic eoi='off'/>
+    <pae/>
+  </features>
+  <clock offset='utc'>
+    <timer name='kvmclock' present='no'/>
+    </clock>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu</emulator>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 0757e37be4..7732ae1d36 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("cpu-eoi-enabled", QEMU_CAPS_ENABLE_KVM);
     DO_TEST("eoi-disabled", NONE);
     DO_TEST("eoi-enabled", NONE);
+    DO_TEST("kvmclock+eoi-disabled", QEMU_CAPS_ENABLE_KVM);
 
     DO_TEST("hugepages", QEMU_CAPS_MEM_PATH);
     DO_TEST("disk-cdrom", NONE);