diff --git a/hw/block/femu/femu.c b/hw/block/femu/femu.c
index bc72dd31f54..556aaf363c7 100644
--- a/hw/block/femu/femu.c
+++ b/hw/block/femu/femu.c
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ static Property femu_props[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("namespaces", FemuCtrl, num_namespaces, 1),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("queues", FemuCtrl, num_io_queues, 8),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("entries", FemuCtrl, max_q_ents, 0x7ff),
-    DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("multipoller_enabled", FemuCtrl, multipoller_enabled, 0),
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("multipoller_enabled", FemuCtrl, multipoller_enabled, 1),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("max_cqes", FemuCtrl, max_cqes, 0x4),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("max_sqes", FemuCtrl, max_sqes, 0x6),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("stride", FemuCtrl, db_stride, 0),