xml for the problematic vm is shown below virsh # dumpxml 52 instance-000002f6 809a8d51-8ad0-4472-9479-8d0554a66265 sw-test2 2020-02-17 05:56:08 2048 40 0 0 1 admin admin 2097152 2097152 1 1024 /machine hvm /usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/instance-000002f6_VARS.fd destroy restart destroy /usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64