diff --git a/hw/i386/kvm/ioapic.c b/hw/i386/kvm/ioapic.c
index 716d59aa22..98ca480792 100644
--- a/hw/i386/kvm/ioapic.c
+++ b/hw/i386/kvm/ioapic.c
@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ static void kvm_ioapic_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     IOAPICCommonState *s = IOAPIC_COMMON(dev);
 
     memory_region_init_reservation(&s->io_memory, NULL, "kvm-ioapic", 0x1000);
+    /*
+     * KVM ioapic only supports 0x11 now. This will only be used when
+     * we want to dump ioapic version.
+     */
+    s->version = 0x11;
 
     qdev_init_gpio_in(dev, kvm_ioapic_set_irq, IOAPIC_NUM_PINS);
 }