diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 26edbf799f..46b2f758ca 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -5177,13 +5177,6 @@ qemuDomainPinVcpuFlags(virDomainPtr dom,
     if (virDomainObjGetDefs(vm, flags, &def, &persistentDef) < 0)
         goto endjob;
 
-    if ((def && def->virtType == VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_QEMU) ||
-        (persistentDef && persistentDef->virtType == VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_QEMU)) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED, "%s",
-                       _("Virt type 'qemu' does not support vCPU pinning"));
-        goto endjob;
-    }
-
     if (persistentDef &&
         !(vcpuinfo = virDomainDefGetVcpu(persistentDef, vcpu))) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INVALID_ARG,