diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-pci-bus.c b/hw/s390x/s390-pci-bus.c
index 8c5eb69f7d..c396d55c72 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-pci-bus.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-pci-bus.c
@@ -974,7 +974,14 @@ static void s390_pcihost_pre_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, DeviceState *dev,
     if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PCI_DEVICE)) {
         PCIDevice *pdev = PCI_DEVICE(dev);
 
-        if (pdev->cap_present & QEMU_PCI_CAP_MULTIFUNCTION) {
+        /*
+         * Multifunction is not supported due to the lack of CLP. However,
+         * do not check for multifunction capability for SR-IOV devices because
+         * SR-IOV devices automatically add the multifunction capability whether
+         * the user intends to use the functions other than the PF.
+         */
+        if (pdev->cap_present & QEMU_PCI_CAP_MULTIFUNCTION &&
+            !pdev->exp.sriov_cap) {
             error_setg(errp, "multifunction not supported in s390");
             return;
         }