diff --git a/hw/arm/virt.c b/hw/arm/virt.c
index 9a6cd085a3..99fde5836c 100644
--- a/hw/arm/virt.c
+++ b/hw/arm/virt.c
@@ -1487,9 +1487,12 @@ static void create_virtio_iommu_dt_bindings(VirtMachineState *vms)
     qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(ms->fdt, node, "phandle", vms->iommu_phandle);
     g_free(node);
 
-    qemu_fdt_setprop_cells(ms->fdt, vms->pciehb_nodename, "iommu-map",
-                           0x0, vms->iommu_phandle, 0x0, bdf,
-                           bdf + 1, vms->iommu_phandle, bdf + 1, 0xffff - bdf);
+    if (!vms->default_bus_bypass_iommu) {
+        qemu_fdt_setprop_cells(ms->fdt, vms->pciehb_nodename, "iommu-map",
+                               0x0, vms->iommu_phandle, 0x0, bdf,
+                               bdf + 1, vms->iommu_phandle, bdf + 1,
+                               0xffff - bdf);
+    }
 }
 
 static void create_pcie(VirtMachineState *vms)
@@ -1612,8 +1615,10 @@ static void create_pcie(VirtMachineState *vms)
         switch (vms->iommu) {
         case VIRT_IOMMU_SMMUV3:
             create_smmu(vms, vms->bus);
-            qemu_fdt_setprop_cells(ms->fdt, nodename, "iommu-map",
-                                   0x0, vms->iommu_phandle, 0x0, 0x10000);
+            if (!vms->default_bus_bypass_iommu) {
+                qemu_fdt_setprop_cells(ms->fdt, nodename, "iommu-map",
+                                       0x0, vms->iommu_phandle, 0x0, 0x10000);
+            }
             break;
         default:
             g_assert_not_reached();