diff --git a/pkg/hostman/guestman/qemu/generate.go b/pkg/hostman/guestman/qemu/generate.go
index fc1dc51d29..950923474f 100644
--- a/pkg/hostman/guestman/qemu/generate.go
+++ b/pkg/hostman/guestman/qemu/generate.go
@@ -296,7 +296,9 @@ func getDiskDeviceOption(optDrv QemuOptions, disk *desc.SGuestDisk) string {
 	}
 	opt += fmt.Sprintf(",id=drive_%d", diskIndex)
 	if isSsd {
-		opt += ",rotation_rate=1"
+		if diskDriver == DISK_DRIVER_SCSI {
+			opt += ",rotation_rate=1"
+		}
 	}
 	return optDrv.Device(opt)
 }