diff --git a/hw/nvme/ctrl.c b/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
index 909e357a7e..1e6e0fcad9 100644
--- a/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
+++ b/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
@@ -6713,7 +6713,7 @@ static void nvme_init_ctrl(NvmeCtrl *n, PCIDevice *pci_dev)
     id->vid = cpu_to_le16(pci_get_word(pci_conf + PCI_VENDOR_ID));
     id->ssvid = cpu_to_le16(pci_get_word(pci_conf + PCI_SUBSYSTEM_VENDOR_ID));
     strpadcpy((char *)id->mn, sizeof(id->mn), "QEMU NVMe Ctrl", ' ');
-    strpadcpy((char *)id->fr, sizeof(id->fr), "1.0", ' ');
+    strpadcpy((char *)id->fr, sizeof(id->fr), QEMU_VERSION, ' ');
     strpadcpy((char *)id->sn, sizeof(id->sn), n->params.serial, ' ');
 
     id->cntlid = cpu_to_le16(n->cntlid);