diff --git a/qa/workunits/rbd/qemu-iotests.sh b/qa/workunits/rbd/qemu-iotests.sh
index 9dfca3e6ed1..91e62734e6c 100755
--- a/qa/workunits/rbd/qemu-iotests.sh
+++ b/qa/workunits/rbd/qemu-iotests.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ done
 if [ "$iotests" = "qemu/tests/qemu-iotests" ]
 then
     git clone git://apt-mirror.front.sepia.ceph.com/qemu.git
+    # use v2.2.0-rc3 (last released version that handles all the tests
+    cd qemu
+    git checkout 2528043f1f299e0e88cb026f1ca7c40bbb4e1f80
+    cd ..
     testlist=$testlist' 032 033 055 077'
 else
     git clone git://ceph.com/git/qemu-iotests.git