diff --git a/tests/qemumonitortestutils.c b/tests/qemumonitortestutils.c
index 50808f1fb5..1ea8d72711 100644
--- a/tests/qemumonitortestutils.c
+++ b/tests/qemumonitortestutils.c
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ qemuMonitorTestNew(virDomainXMLOption *xmlopt,
     test->qapischema = schema;
     if (!(test->mon = qemuMonitorOpen(test->vm,
                                       &src,
-                                      true,
+                                      false,
                                       virEventThreadGetContext(test->eventThread),
                                       &qemuMonitorTestCallbacks)))
         goto error;