diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/attach_disk b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/attach_disk
index 6f7f4fb310..7104e1dc74 100755
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/attach_disk
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/attach_disk
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ WRITE_IOPS_SEC=${WRITE_IOPS_SEC:-${DEFAULT_ATTACH_WRITE_IOPS_SEC}}
 WRITE_IOPS_SEC_MAX_LENGTH=${WRITE_IOPS_SEC_MAX_LENGTH:-${DEFAULT_ATTACH_WRITE_IOPS_SEC_MAX_LENGTH}}
 WRITE_IOPS_SEC_MAX=${WRITE_IOPS_SEC_MAX:-${DEFAULT_ATTACH_WRITE_IOPS_SEC_MAX}}
 SIZE_IOPS_SEC=${SIZE_IOPS_SEC:-${DEFAULT_ATTACH_SIZE_IOPS_SEC}}
-VIRTIO_BLK_QUEUES=${VIRTIO_BLK_QUEUES:-${DEFAULT_ATTACH_VIRTIO_BLK_QUEUES}}
+[[ "${TARGET:0:2}" == "vd" ]] && VIRTIO_BLK_QUEUES=${VIRTIO_BLK_QUEUES:-${DEFAULT_ATTACH_VIRTIO_BLK_QUEUES}}
 
 if [ "${VIRTIO_BLK_QUEUES}" = "auto" ]; then
     VIRTIO_BLK_QUEUES="$VCPU"