diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index fecf5ce5f2..9a620dcdc2 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -9264,15 +9264,6 @@ static bool
qemuChrIsPlatformDevice(const virDomainDef *def,
virDomainChrDefPtr chr)
{
- if ((def->os.arch == VIR_ARCH_PPC) || ARCH_IS_PPC64(def->os.arch)) {
- if (!qemuDomainIsPSeries(def))
- return true;
- /* only pseries need -device spapr-vty with -chardev */
- if (chr->deviceType == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_DEVICE_TYPE_SERIAL &&
- chr->info.type != VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_ADDRESS_TYPE_SPAPRVIO)
- return true;
- }
-
if (def->os.arch == VIR_ARCH_ARMV7L || def->os.arch == VIR_ARCH_AARCH64) {
/* TARGET_TYPE_ISA here really means 'the default platform device' */
if (chr->deviceType == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_DEVICE_TYPE_SERIAL &&
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain_address.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain_address.c
index 2319e503eb..f62bb2f97e 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain_address.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain_address.c
@@ -246,8 +246,9 @@ qemuDomainAssignSpaprVIOAddresses(virDomainDefPtr def,
for (i = 0; i < def->nserials; i++) {
if (def->serials[i]->deviceType == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_DEVICE_TYPE_SERIAL &&
- qemuDomainIsPSeries(def))
+ def->serials[i]->targetType == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_SERIAL_TARGET_TYPE_SPAPR_VIO) {
def->serials[i]->info.type = VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_ADDRESS_TYPE_SPAPRVIO;
+ }
if (qemuDomainAssignSpaprVIOAddress(def, &def->serials[i]->info,
VIO_ADDR_SERIAL) < 0)
goto cleanup;
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-serial-pci.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-serial-pci.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb2a9bf0e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-serial-pci.args
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/home/test \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64 \
+-name guest \
+-S \
+-M pseries \
+-m 512 \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid 1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7 \
+-nographic \
+-nodefconfig \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
+-boot c \
+-chardev pty,id=charserial0 \
+-device pci-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-serial-pci.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-serial-pci.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c2534b4c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-serial-pci.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+
+ guest
+ 1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7
+ 524288
+ 1
+
+ hvm
+
+
+ /usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-serial-usb.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-serial-usb.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0403985dc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-serial-usb.args
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/home/test \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64 \
+-name guest \
+-S \
+-M pseries \
+-m 512 \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid 1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7 \
+-nographic \
+-nodefconfig \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
+-boot c \
+-device qemu-xhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1 \
+-chardev pty,id=charserial0 \
+-device usb-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0,bus=usb.0,port=1
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-serial-usb.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-serial-usb.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..734c90c66f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-serial-usb.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+
+ guest
+ 1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7
+ 524288
+ 1
+
+ hvm
+
+
+ /usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 5827a47e55..0ba23d0703 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1886,6 +1886,13 @@ mymain(void)
DO_TEST("pseries-serial-compat",
QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG,
QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_SPAPR_VTY);
+ DO_TEST("pseries-serial-pci",
+ QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG,
+ QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCI_SERIAL);
+ DO_TEST("pseries-serial-usb",
+ QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG,
+ QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_QEMU_XHCI,
+ QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_USB_SERIAL);
DO_TEST("pseries-console-native",
QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG,
QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_SPAPR_VTY);
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-pseries-serial-pci.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-pseries-serial-pci.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cba7ea96bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-pseries-serial-pci.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+
+ guest
+ 1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7
+ 524288
+ 524288
+ 1
+
+ hvm
+
+
+
+ destroy
+ restart
+ destroy
+
+ /usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-pseries-serial-usb.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-pseries-serial-usb.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34f651308d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-pseries-serial-usb.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+
+ guest
+ 1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7
+ 524288
+ 524288
+ 1
+
+ hvm
+
+
+
+ destroy
+ restart
+ destroy
+
+ /usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index 4318ae5036..45cb739cd2 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -777,6 +777,13 @@ mymain(void)
DO_TEST("pseries-serial-compat",
QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG,
QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_SPAPR_VTY);
+ DO_TEST("pseries-serial-pci",
+ QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG,
+ QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCI_SERIAL);
+ DO_TEST("pseries-serial-usb",
+ QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG,
+ QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_QEMU_XHCI,
+ QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_USB_SERIAL);
DO_TEST("pseries-console-native",
QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG,
QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_SPAPR_VTY);