diff --git a/hw/arm/virt.c b/hw/arm/virt.c
index fe96557997..cfd834d0cc 100644
--- a/hw/arm/virt.c
+++ b/hw/arm/virt.c
@@ -1057,6 +1057,7 @@ static void create_pcie(const VirtMachineState *vms, qemu_irq *pic)
 
     for (i = 0; i < GPEX_NUM_IRQS; i++) {
         sysbus_connect_irq(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev), i, pic[irq + i]);
+        gpex_set_irq_num(GPEX_HOST(dev), i, irq + i);
     }
 
     pci = PCI_HOST_BRIDGE(dev);