diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hugepages-pages3.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hugepages-pages3.args
index 45eeafc676..0835f2db61 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hugepages-pages3.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hugepages-pages3.args
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -object memory-backend-ram,id=ram-node0,size=268435456 \
 -numa node,nodeid=0,cpus=0,memdev=ram-node0 \
 -object memory-backend-file,id=ram-node1,prealloc=yes,\
-mem-path=/dev/hugepages1G/libvirt/qemu/-1-SomeDummyHugepagesGu,\
-discard-data=yes,size=805306368 \
+mem-path=/dev/hugepages1G/libvirt/qemu/-1-SomeDummyHugepagesGu,size=805306368 \
 -numa node,nodeid=1,cpus=1,memdev=ram-node1 \
 -uuid ef1bdff4-27f3-4e85-a807-5fb4d58463cc \
 -display none \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hugepages-pages3.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hugepages-pages3.xml
index 147acc4c95..3d3b3f3cc3 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hugepages-pages3.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hugepages-pages3.xml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
   </os>
   <cpu>
     <numa>
-      <cell id='0' cpus='0' memory='262144' unit='KiB' discard='no'/>
-      <cell id='1' cpus='1' memory='786432' unit='KiB' discard='yes'/>
+      <cell id='0' cpus='0' memory='262144' unit='KiB'/>
+      <cell id='1' cpus='1' memory='786432' unit='KiB'/>
     </numa>
   </cpu>
   <clock offset='utc'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pages-discard-hugepages.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pages-discard-hugepages.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a710b583b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pages-discard-hugepages.args
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/home/test \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686 \
+-name SomeDummyHugepagesGuest \
+-S \
+-machine pc,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
+-m 1024 \
+-smp 2,sockets=2,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-mem-prealloc \
+-mem-path /dev/hugepages2M/libvirt/qemu/-1-SomeDummyHugepagesGu \
+-numa node,nodeid=0,cpus=0,mem=256 \
+-numa node,nodeid=1,cpus=1,mem=768 \
+-uuid ef1bdff4-27f3-4e85-a807-5fb4d58463cc \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-SomeDummyHugepagesGu/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-no-acpi \
+-usb
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pages-discard-hugepages.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pages-discard-hugepages.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1620d1946
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pages-discard-hugepages.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>SomeDummyHugepagesGuest</name>
+  <uuid>ef1bdff4-27f3-4e85-a807-5fb4d58463cc</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
+  <memoryBacking>
+    <hugepages/>
+  </memoryBacking>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <cpu>
+    <numa>
+      <cell id='0' cpus='0' memory='262144' unit='KiB' discard='no'/>
+      <cell id='1' cpus='1' memory='786432' unit='KiB' discard='yes'/>
+    </numa>
+  </cpu>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686</emulator>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
+    </controller>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
+    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
+    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
+    <memballoon model='none'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 20c778bda4..c5ac4cd0e2 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -947,6 +947,10 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("pages-discard",
             QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE,
             QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE_DISCARD);
+    DO_TEST("pages-discard-hugepages",
+            QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_RAM,
+            QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE,
+            QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE_DISCARD);
     DO_TEST("hugepages-default", NONE);
     DO_TEST("hugepages-numa-default",
             QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);
@@ -960,8 +964,7 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_RAM,
             QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);
     DO_TEST("hugepages-pages3", QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_RAM,
-            QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE,
-            QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE_DISCARD);
+            QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);
     DO_TEST("hugepages-shared",
             QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_RAM,
             QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/hugepages-pages3.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/hugepages-pages3.xml
index 90e6efa5ea..be21c3eddd 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/hugepages-pages3.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/hugepages-pages3.xml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
   </os>
   <cpu>
     <numa>
-      <cell id='0' cpus='0' memory='262144' unit='KiB' discard='no'/>
-      <cell id='1' cpus='1' memory='786432' unit='KiB' discard='yes'/>
+      <cell id='0' cpus='0' memory='262144' unit='KiB'/>
+      <cell id='1' cpus='1' memory='786432' unit='KiB'/>
     </numa>
   </cpu>
   <clock offset='utc'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/pages-discard-hugepages.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/pages-discard-hugepages.xml
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..3d2f0682dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/pages-discard-hugepages.xml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../qemuxml2argvdata/pages-discard-hugepages.xml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index 7e74675b43..9821403d1e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("pmu-feature-off", NONE);
 
     DO_TEST("pages-discard", NONE);
+    DO_TEST("pages-discard-hugepages", NONE);
     DO_TEST("hugepages-default", NONE);
     DO_TEST("hugepages-numa-default-2M", NONE);
     DO_TEST("hugepages-numa-default-dimm", NONE);