diff --git a/tests/avocado/avocado_qemu/__init__.py b/tests/avocado/avocado_qemu/__init__.py
index d71e989db6..304c428168 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/avocado_qemu/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/avocado_qemu/__init__.py
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ def setUp(self, bin_prefix):
             self.cancel("No QEMU binary defined or found in the build tree")
 
     def fetch_asset(self, name,
-                    asset_hash=None, algorithm=None,
+                    asset_hash, algorithm=None,
                     locations=None, expire=None,
                     find_only=False, cancel_on_missing=True):
         return super().fetch_asset(name,