diff --git a/pkg/hostman/guestman/qemu-kvmhelper.go b/pkg/hostman/guestman/qemu-kvmhelper.go
index e6e4c93563..88c0cddd54 100644
--- a/pkg/hostman/guestman/qemu-kvmhelper.go
+++ b/pkg/hostman/guestman/qemu-kvmhelper.go
@@ -1064,7 +1064,6 @@ func (s *SKVMGuestInstance) initMachineDesc() {
 		noHpet := true
 		s.Desc.NoHpet = &noHpet
 	}
-
 }
 
 func (s *SKVMGuestInstance) initQgaDesc() {
diff --git a/pkg/hostman/options/options.go b/pkg/hostman/options/options.go
index 5bb4207d8a..7c4b8f9a37 100644
--- a/pkg/hostman/options/options.go
+++ b/pkg/hostman/options/options.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ type SHostBaseOptions struct {
 	LiveMigrateCpuThrottleMax int64 `default:"99" help:"live migrate auto converge cpu throttle max"`
 
 	DefaultQemuVersion string `help:"Default qemu version" default:"4.2.0"`
-	NoHpet             bool   `help:"disable qemu hpet timer" default:"false"`
+	NoHpet             bool   `help:"Disable qemu hpet timer" default:"true"`
 
 	CdromCount  int `help:"cdrom count" default:"1"`
 	FloppyCount int `help:"floppy count" default:"1"`