diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
index efda1a20ed7b..8fe844980948 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
@@ -2247,8 +2247,8 @@ public LibvirtVMDef createVMFromSpec(final VirtualMachineTO vmTO) {
         if (MapUtils.isNotEmpty(customParams) && customParams.containsKey(GuestDef.BootType.UEFI.toString())) {
             guest.setBootType(GuestDef.BootType.UEFI);
             guest.setBootMode(GuestDef.BootMode.LEGACY);
+            guest.setMachineType("q35");
             if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(customParams.get(GuestDef.BootType.UEFI.toString())) && "secure".equalsIgnoreCase(customParams.get(GuestDef.BootType.UEFI.toString()))) {
-                guest.setMachineType("q35");
                 guest.setBootMode(GuestDef.BootMode.SECURE); // setting to secure mode
             }
         }