diff --git a/libvirt/tests/cfg/migration/migrate_mem.cfg b/libvirt/tests/cfg/migration/migrate_mem.cfg
index dafb5101a3..06c97aa119 100644
--- a/libvirt/tests/cfg/migration/migrate_mem.cfg
+++ b/libvirt/tests/cfg/migration/migrate_mem.cfg
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@
     variants case:
         - mem_device:
             cpuxml_cpu_mode = "host-model"
+            aarch64:
+                cpuxml_cpu_mode = "host-passthrough"
             cpuxml_fallback = "allow"
             cpuxml_model = "qemu64"
-            cpu_feature = "svm"
-            cpu_feature_policy = "disable"
             cpuxml_numa_cell = [{'id': '0', 'cpus': '0-1', 'memory': '1024', 'unit': 'MiB', 'discard': 'yes'}, {'id': '1', 'cpus': '2-3', 'memory': '1024', 'unit': 'MiB'}]
             setvm_max_mem_rt_slots = "16"
             setvm_max_mem_rt = 8192