diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
index 46763a151f9c..b28e8ac8368e 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
@@ -3713,10 +3713,6 @@ public DiskDef.DiskBus getDiskModelFromVMDetail(final VirtualMachineTO vmTO) {
             return null;
         }
 
-        if (_guestCpuArch != null && _guestCpuArch.equals("aarch64")) {
-            return DiskDef.DiskBus.SCSI;
-        }
-
         String rootDiskController = details.get(VmDetailConstants.ROOT_DISK_CONTROLLER);
         if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(rootDiskController)) {
             s_logger.debug("Passed custom disk controller for ROOT disk " + rootDiskController);
@@ -3750,10 +3746,6 @@ public DiskDef.DiskBus getDataDiskModelFromVMDetail(final VirtualMachineTO vmTO)
     }
 
     private DiskDef.DiskBus getGuestDiskModel(final String platformEmulator, boolean isUefiEnabled) {
-        if (_guestCpuArch != null && _guestCpuArch.equals("aarch64")) {
-            return DiskDef.DiskBus.SCSI;
-        }
-
         if (platformEmulator == null) {
             return DiskDef.DiskBus.IDE;
         } else if (platformEmulator.startsWith("Other PV Virtio-SCSI")) {
@@ -3764,6 +3756,8 @@ private DiskDef.DiskBus getGuestDiskModel(final String platformEmulator, boolean
             return DiskDef.DiskBus.VIRTIO;
         } else if (isUefiEnabled && org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.startsWithAny(platformEmulator, "Windows", "Other")) {
             return DiskDef.DiskBus.SATA;
+        } else if (_guestCpuArch != null && _guestCpuArch.equals("aarch64")) {
+            return DiskDef.DiskBus.SCSI;
         } else {
             return DiskDef.DiskBus.IDE;
         }
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResourceTest.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResourceTest.java
index c744299b3453..4106cc05799b 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResourceTest.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResourceTest.java
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ public void testCreateDevicesDef() {
     public void testCreateDevicesWithSCSIDisk() {
         VirtualMachineTO to = createDefaultVM(false);
         to.setDetails(new HashMap<>());
-        libvirtComputingResourceSpy._guestCpuArch = "aarch64";
+        to.setPlatformEmulator("Other PV Virtio-SCSI");
 
         GuestDef guest = new GuestDef();
         guest.setGuestType(GuestType.KVM);