Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
---
 util/qemu-option.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/util/qemu-option.c b/util/qemu-option.c
index 40564a12eb..afba08d92e 100644
--- a/util/qemu-option.c
+++ b/util/qemu-option.c
@@ -1052,7 +1052,8 @@ bool qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(QemuOpts *opts, QDict *qdict, Error **errp)
     while (entry != NULL) {
         next = qdict_next(qdict, entry);
 
-        if (find_desc_by_name(opts->list->desc, entry->key)) {
+        if (opts_accepts_any(opts->list) ||
+            find_desc_by_name(opts->list->desc, entry->key)) {
             if (!qemu_opts_from_qdict_entry(opts, entry, errp)) {
                 return false;
             }
-- 
2.26.2