diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/200 b/tests/qemu-iotests/200
index d8787ddb46539c45e9142721d2266b5d94d1896e..ddbdedc476fb03da734d61172a4e6976123a99cb 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/200
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/200
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ qemu_comm_method="qmp"
 _launch_qemu -device pci-bridge,id=bridge1,chassis_nr=1,bus=pci.0 \
              -object iothread,id=iothread0 \
              -device virtio-scsi-pci,bus=bridge1,addr=0x1f,id=scsi0,iothread=iothread0 \
-             -drive file="${TEST_IMG}",media=disk,if=none,cache=none,id=drive_sysdisk,aio=native,format=$IMGFMT \
+             -drive file="${TEST_IMG}",media=disk,if=none,cache=$CACHEMODE,id=drive_sysdisk,format=$IMGFMT \
              -device scsi-hd,drive=drive_sysdisk,bus=scsi0.0,id=sysdisk,bootindex=0
 h1=$QEMU_HANDLE