diff --git a/pkg/utils/utils_virtual.go b/pkg/utils/utils_virtual.go
index 193e67d539..a6c0618dd9 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/utils_virtual.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/utils_virtual.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp"
@@ -118,6 +119,27 @@ func GetOpenstackData(useHostPath bool) (metaData *OSPMetaData, networkData *OSP
 	if err != nil {
 		metaData, networkData, err = getOpenstackDataFromMetadataService()
 	}
+
+	// We can't rely on the PCI address from the metadata so we will lookup the real PCI address
+	// for the NIC that matches the MAC address.
+	//
+	// Libvirt/QEMU cannot guarantee that the address specified in the XML will match the address seen by the guest.
+	// This is a well known limitation: https://libvirt.org/pci-addresses.html
+	// When using the q35 machine type, it highlights this issue due to the change from using PCI to PCI-E bus for virtual devices.
+	//
+	// With that said, the PCI value in Nova Metadata is a best effort hint due to the limitations mentioned above. Therefore
+	// we will lookup the real PCI address for the NIC that matches the MAC address.
+	for _, device := range metaData.Devices {
+		realPCIAddr, err := getPCIAddressFromMACAddress(device.Mac)
+		if err != nil {
+			return metaData, networkData, fmt.Errorf("GetOpenstackData(): error getting PCI address for device %s: %w", device.Mac, err)
+		}
+		if realPCIAddr != device.Address {
+			glog.V(2).Infof("GetOpenstackData(): PCI address for device %s does not match Nova metadata value %s, it'll be overwritten with %s", device.Mac, device.Address, realPCIAddr)
+		}
+		device.Address = realPCIAddr
+	}
+
 	return metaData, networkData, err
 }
 
@@ -205,6 +227,33 @@ func getOpenstackDataFromMetadataService() (metaData *OSPMetaData, networkData *
 	return metaData, networkData, nil
 }
 
+// getPCIAddressFromMACAddress returns the PCI address of a device given its MAC address
+func getPCIAddressFromMACAddress(macAddress string) (string, error) {
+	nics, err := ghw.Network()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("error getting network info: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	var pciAddress string
+	for _, nic := range nics.NICs {
+		if strings.EqualFold(nic.MacAddress, macAddress) {
+			if pciAddress == "" {
+				pciAddress = *nic.PCIAddress
+			} else {
+				// Check if there are more than one device with the same MAC address
+				// and return an error if that's the case, we don't support that scenario for now.
+				return "", fmt.Errorf("more than one device found with MAC address %s", macAddress)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if pciAddress != "" {
+		return pciAddress, nil
+	}
+
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("no device found with MAC address %s", macAddress)
+}
+
 // CreateOpenstackDevicesInfo create the openstack device info map
 func CreateOpenstackDevicesInfo(metaData *OSPMetaData, networkData *OSPNetworkData) (OSPDevicesInfo, error) {
 	glog.Infof("CreateOpenstackDevicesInfo()")