diff --git a/tests/libqos/virtio-mmio.c b/tests/libqos/virtio-mmio.c
index d0047876a8ad..7154b03c1dac 100644
--- a/tests/libqos/virtio-mmio.c
+++ b/tests/libqos/virtio-mmio.c
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ void qvirtio_mmio_init_device(QVirtioMMIODevice *dev, QTestState *qts,
     magic = qtest_readl(qts, addr + QVIRTIO_MMIO_MAGIC_VALUE);
     g_assert(magic == ('v' | 'i' << 8 | 'r' << 16 | 't' << 24));
 
+    dev->version = qtest_readl(qts, addr + QVIRTIO_MMIO_VERSION);
+    g_assert(dev->version == 1 || dev->version == 2);
+
     dev->qts = qts;
     dev->addr = addr;
     dev->page_size = page_size;
diff --git a/tests/libqos/virtio-mmio.h b/tests/libqos/virtio-mmio.h
index 17a17141c3da..0e45778b07de 100644
--- a/tests/libqos/virtio-mmio.h
+++ b/tests/libqos/virtio-mmio.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ typedef struct QVirtioMMIODevice {
     uint64_t addr;
     uint32_t page_size;
     uint32_t features; /* As it cannot be read later, save it */
+    uint32_t version;
 } QVirtioMMIODevice;
 
 extern const QVirtioBus qvirtio_mmio;