diff --git a/multi-node-aio/playbooks/kvm/kvm-vm.xml.j2 b/multi-node-aio/playbooks/kvm/kvm-vm.xml.j2
index 246342d5..52db8933 100644
--- a/multi-node-aio/playbooks/kvm/kvm-vm.xml.j2
+++ b/multi-node-aio/playbooks/kvm/kvm-vm.xml.j2
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <acpi/>
     <apic/>
   </features>
-  <cpu mode='host-model'>
+  <cpu mode='host-passthrough'>
     <topology sockets='1' cores='{{ server_vm_vcpus | int }}' threads='{{ vcpus_threads | int }}'/>
   </cpu>
   <clock offset='utc'>