diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/007 b/tests/qemu-iotests/007
index 0139264c4f..c454f2c8ec 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/007
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/007
@@ -50,10 +50,9 @@ _make_test_img 1M
 
 for i in `seq 1 10`; do
     echo "savevm $i"
-    # XXX(hch): adding -nographic would be good, but hangs the test
-    $QEMU -hda $TEST_IMG -monitor stdio >/dev/null 2>&1 <<EOF     
-savevm test-$i                                                              
-quit                                                                        
+    $QEMU -nographic -hda $TEST_IMG -serial none -monitor stdio >/dev/null 2>&1 <<EOF
+savevm test-$i
+quit
 EOF
 done