diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
index 449fb2f2d15fe5b6c328957c4868267b74e31cc1..afc05bd300694d24056745631d25646c14855300 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
@@ -1198,7 +1198,8 @@ qemuValidateDomainDef(const virDomainDef *def,
     /* On aarch64, ACPI requires UEFI */
     if (def->features[VIR_DOMAIN_FEATURE_ACPI] == VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ON &&
         def->os.arch == VIR_ARCH_AARCH64 &&
-        (def->os.firmware != VIR_DOMAIN_OS_DEF_FIRMWARE_EFI &&
+        (def->os.firmware != VIR_DOMAIN_OS_DEF_FIRMWARE_EFI && 
+        def->os.firmware != VIR_DOMAIN_OS_DEF_FIRMWARE_NONE &&
          !virDomainDefHasOldStyleUEFI(def))) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
                        _("ACPI requires UEFI on this architecture"));