diff --git a/hypervisor/src/kvm/mod.rs b/hypervisor/src/kvm/mod.rs
index 86e247712d..d6a6e0c726 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/kvm/mod.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/kvm/mod.rs
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ impl KvmVm {
     pub fn new(kvm: &Kvm, guest_mem: GuestMemory) -> Result<KvmVm> {
         // Safe because we know kvm is a real kvm fd as this module is the only one that can make
         // Kvm objects.
-        let ret = unsafe { ioctl(kvm, KVM_CREATE_VM()) };
+        let ret = unsafe { ioctl_with_val(kvm, KVM_CREATE_VM(), 0) };
         if ret < 0 {
             return errno_result();
         }
diff --git a/kvm/src/lib.rs b/kvm/src/lib.rs
index 4b75c1cdc8..d571ec4885 100644
--- a/kvm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/kvm/src/lib.rs
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ impl Vm {
     pub fn new(kvm: &Kvm, guest_mem: GuestMemory) -> Result<Vm> {
         // Safe because we know kvm is a real kvm fd as this module is the only one that can make
         // Kvm objects.
-        let ret = unsafe { ioctl(kvm, KVM_CREATE_VM()) };
+        let ret = unsafe { ioctl_with_val(kvm, KVM_CREATE_VM(), 0) };
         if ret >= 0 {
             // Safe because we verify the value of ret and we are the owners of the fd.
             let vm_file = unsafe { File::from_raw_descriptor(ret) };