diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
index ec64413bba..2211202514 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
@@ -1230,7 +1230,7 @@ func (q *qemu) hotplugAddBlockDevice(ctx context.Context, drive *config.BlockDri
 	}
 
 	if drive.Swap {
-		err = q.qmpMonitorCh.qmp.ExecuteBlockdevAddWithCache(q.qmpMonitorCh.ctx, drive.File, drive.ID, false, false, false)
+		err = q.qmpMonitorCh.qmp.ExecuteBlockdevAddWithDriverCache(q.qmpMonitorCh.ctx, "file", drive.File, drive.ID, false, false, false)
 	} else if q.config.BlockDeviceCacheSet {
 		err = q.qmpMonitorCh.qmp.ExecuteBlockdevAddWithCache(q.qmpMonitorCh.ctx, drive.File, drive.ID, q.config.BlockDeviceCacheDirect, q.config.BlockDeviceCacheNoflush, drive.ReadOnly)
 	} else {