diff --git a/hw/nvme/ctrl.c b/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
index 1e50b57707..5b1b0cabcf 100644
--- a/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
+++ b/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
@@ -8484,10 +8484,10 @@ static Property nvme_props[] = {
                        params.sriov_vq_flexible, 0),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT16("sriov_vi_flexible", NvmeCtrl,
                        params.sriov_vi_flexible, 0),
-    DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("sriov_max_vi_per_vf", NvmeCtrl,
-                      params.sriov_max_vi_per_vf, 0),
-    DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("sriov_max_vq_per_vf", NvmeCtrl,
-                      params.sriov_max_vq_per_vf, 0),
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("sriov_max_vi_per_vf", NvmeCtrl,
+                       params.sriov_max_vi_per_vf, 0),
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("sriov_max_vq_per_vf", NvmeCtrl,
+                       params.sriov_max_vq_per_vf, 0),
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("msix-exclusive-bar", NvmeCtrl, params.msix_exclusive_bar,
                      false),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT16("mqes", NvmeCtrl, params.mqes, 0x7ff),
diff --git a/hw/nvme/nvme.h b/hw/nvme/nvme.h
index 180df26cce..781985754d 100644
--- a/hw/nvme/nvme.h
+++ b/hw/nvme/nvme.h
@@ -535,8 +535,8 @@ typedef struct NvmeParams {
     uint16_t  sriov_max_vfs;
     uint16_t sriov_vq_flexible;
     uint16_t sriov_vi_flexible;
-    uint8_t  sriov_max_vq_per_vf;
-    uint8_t  sriov_max_vi_per_vf;
+    uint32_t  sriov_max_vq_per_vf;
+    uint32_t  sriov_max_vi_per_vf;
     bool     msix_exclusive_bar;
 } NvmeParams;