diff --git a/templates b/templates
index c661c7c2..d0c42c5a 100755
--- a/templates
+++ b/templates
@@ -4289,7 +4289,7 @@
                         # pseries-4.0 is a workaround for
                         # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1769600
                         # usb=off is an os-autoinst default when QEMUMACHINE is not set
-                        { key => "QEMUMACHINE", value => "pseries-4.0 usb=off" },
+                        { key => "QEMUMACHINE", value => "pseries-4.0,usb=off" },
                         { key => "ARCH_BASE_MACHINE", value => "ppc64le" },
                         { key => "WORKER_CLASS", value => "qemu_ppc64le" },
                         { key => "PART_TABLE_TYPE", value => "mbr"},