diff --git a/hw/msi.c b/hw/msi.c
index b2903fc93..da12f3372 100644
--- a/hw/msi.c
+++ b/hw/msi.c
@@ -276,7 +276,8 @@ void msi_write_config(PCIDevice *dev, uint32_t addr, uint32_t val, int len)
     unsigned int vector;
     uint32_t pending;
 
-    if (!ranges_overlap(addr, len, dev->msi_cap, msi_cap_sizeof(flags))) {
+    if (!msi_present(dev) ||
+        !ranges_overlap(addr, len, dev->msi_cap, msi_cap_sizeof(flags))) {
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/hw/msix.c b/hw/msix.c
index 59c7a8388..339e652b8 100644
--- a/hw/msix.c
+++ b/hw/msix.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ void msix_write_config(PCIDevice *dev, uint32_t addr,
     int vector;
     bool was_masked;
 
-    if (!range_covers_byte(addr, len, enable_pos)) {
+    if (!msix_present(dev) || !range_covers_byte(addr, len, enable_pos)) {
         return;
     }