diff --git a/hypervisor/src/kvm/riscv64/aia.rs b/hypervisor/src/kvm/riscv64/aia.rs
index 479927ff0..10052af53 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/kvm/riscv64/aia.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/kvm/riscv64/aia.rs
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_create_aia() {
         let hv = crate::new().unwrap();
         let vm = hv.create_vm().unwrap();
+        let _vcpu = vm.create_vcpu(0, None).unwrap();
 
         assert!(KvmAiaImsics::new(&*vm, create_test_vaia_config()).is_ok());
     }