diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix
index db2e56c519d8..feddd0230721 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix
@@ -1107,6 +1107,7 @@ in
       };
       xchg = {
         source = ''"$TMPDIR"/xchg'';
+        securityModel = "none";
         target = "/tmp/xchg";
       };
       shared = {