diff --git a/qubes/tests/vm/qubesvm.py b/qubes/tests/vm/qubesvm.py
index 3de6d48da..6821942f7 100644
--- a/qubes/tests/vm/qubesvm.py
+++ b/qubes/tests/vm/qubesvm.py
@@ -1313,7 +1313,9 @@ def test_600_libvirt_xml_hvm_pcidev(self):
             #  is unused
             '00_00.0',
             devclass='pci',
-            persistent=True)
+            attach_automatically=True,
+            required=True,
+        )
         vm.devices['pci']._set.add(
             assignment)
         libvirt_xml = vm.create_config_file()