diff --git a/hw/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio-pci.c
index 9abbcdf..24e8232 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-pci.c
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ static const TypeInfo virtio_net_info = {
 
 static Property virtio_serial_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_BIT("ioeventfd", VirtIOPCIProxy, flags, VIRTIO_PCI_FLAG_USE_IOEVENTFD_BIT, true),
-    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("vectors", VirtIOPCIProxy, nvectors, DEV_NVECTORS_UNSPECIFIED),
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("vectors", VirtIOPCIProxy, nvectors, 2),
     DEFINE_PROP_HEX32("class", VirtIOPCIProxy, class_code, 0),
     DEFINE_VIRTIO_COMMON_FEATURES(VirtIOPCIProxy, host_features),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("max_ports", VirtIOPCIProxy, serial.max_virtserial_ports, 31),