diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index c0eef0eb97..5f2f267fb4 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -12417,7 +12417,8 @@ qemuConnectCPUModelBaseline(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                             gid_t runGid,
                             bool expand_features,
                             virCPUDefPtr *cpus,
-                            int ncpus)
+                            int ncpus,
+                            virDomainCapsCPUModelsPtr cpuModels)
 {
     g_autoptr(qemuProcessQMP) proc = NULL;
     g_autoptr(virCPUDef) baseline = NULL;
@@ -12435,6 +12436,13 @@ qemuConnectCPUModelBaseline(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                            _("no CPU model specified at index %zu"), i);
             return NULL;
         }
+
+        if (!virDomainCapsCPUModelsGet(cpuModels, cpus[i]->model)) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_INVALID_ARG,
+                           _("CPU model '%s' not supported by hypervisor"),
+                           cpus[i]->model);
+            return NULL;
+        }
     }
 
     if (!(proc = qemuProcessQMPNew(virQEMUCapsGetBinary(qemuCaps),
@@ -12545,7 +12553,8 @@ qemuConnectBaselineHypervisorCPU(virConnectPtr conn,
 
         if (!(cpu = qemuConnectCPUModelBaseline(qemuCaps, cfg->libDir,
                                                 cfg->user, cfg->group,
-                                                expand_features, cpus, ncpus)))
+                                                expand_features, cpus, ncpus,
+                                                cpuModels)))
             goto cleanup;
     } else {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_UNSUPPORTED,