diff --git a/hw/vfio/common.c b/hw/vfio/common.c
index 6d21311575..0d341a33ff 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/common.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/common.c
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ int vfio_mmap_region(Object *obj, VFIORegion *region,
     int ret = 0;
     VFIODevice *vbasedev = region->vbasedev;
 
-    if (vbasedev->allow_mmap && size && region->flags &
+    if (!vbasedev->no_mmap && size && region->flags &
         VFIO_REGION_INFO_FLAG_MMAP) {
         int prot = 0;
 
diff --git a/hw/vfio/pci.c b/hw/vfio/pci.c
index a92789dd26..31d7b93c85 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/pci.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/pci.c
@@ -3730,7 +3730,7 @@ static Property vfio_pci_dev_properties[] = {
                     VFIO_FEATURE_ENABLE_VGA_BIT, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_BIT("x-req", VFIOPCIDevice, features,
                     VFIO_FEATURE_ENABLE_REQ_BIT, true),
-    DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("x-mmap", VFIOPCIDevice, vbasedev.allow_mmap, true),
+    DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("x-no-mmap", VFIOPCIDevice, vbasedev.no_mmap, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("x-no-kvm-intx", VFIOPCIDevice, no_kvm_intx, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("x-no-kvm-msi", VFIOPCIDevice, no_kvm_msi, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("x-no-kvm-msix", VFIOPCIDevice, no_kvm_msix, false),
diff --git a/hw/vfio/platform.c b/hw/vfio/platform.c
index de4ec52a07..a6726cd779 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/platform.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/platform.c
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vfio_platform_vmstate = {
 
 static Property vfio_platform_dev_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_STRING("host", VFIOPlatformDevice, vbasedev.name),
-    DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("x-mmap", VFIOPlatformDevice, vbasedev.allow_mmap, true),
+    DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("x-no-mmap", VFIOPlatformDevice, vbasedev.no_mmap, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("mmap-timeout-ms", VFIOPlatformDevice,
                        mmap_timeout, 1100),
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("x-irqfd", VFIOPlatformDevice, irqfd_allowed, true),
diff --git a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
index 100873e330..9b9901fbe2 100644
--- a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
+++ b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ typedef struct VFIODevice {
     int type;
     bool reset_works;
     bool needs_reset;
-    bool allow_mmap;
+    bool no_mmap;
     VFIODeviceOps *ops;
     unsigned int num_irqs;
     unsigned int num_regions;