diff --git a/pkg/hostman/guestman/qemu-kvm.go b/pkg/hostman/guestman/qemu-kvm.go
index 626e4aad46..6421d79215 100644
--- a/pkg/hostman/guestman/qemu-kvm.go
+++ b/pkg/hostman/guestman/qemu-kvm.go
@@ -176,7 +176,9 @@ func (s *SKVMGuestInstance) initLiveDescFromSourceGuest(srcDesc *desc.SGuestDesc
 	for i := 0; i < len(srcDesc.Disks); i++ {
 		for j := 0; j < len(s.SourceDesc.Disks); j++ {
 			if srcDesc.Disks[i].Index == s.SourceDesc.Disks[j].Index {
+				numQueues := srcDesc.Disks[i].NumQueues
 				srcDesc.Disks[i].GuestdiskJsonDesc = s.SourceDesc.Disks[j].GuestdiskJsonDesc
+				srcDesc.Disks[i].NumQueues = numQueues
 			}
 		}
 	}