diff --git a/src/tashi/nodemanager/vmcontrol/qemu.py b/src/tashi/nodemanager/vmcontrol/qemu.py
index 0c1a5a8..8d9e5ef 100644
--- a/src/tashi/nodemanager/vmcontrol/qemu.py
+++ b/src/tashi/nodemanager/vmcontrol/qemu.py
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@
 
 	def __checkPortListening(self, port):
 		# XXXpipe: find whether something is listening yet on the port
-		p = subprocess.Popen("netstat -ln | grep 0.0.0.0:%d | wc -l" % (port), shell = True, stdin = PIPE, stdout = PIPE, close_fds = True)
+		p = subprocess.Popen("netstat -ln | grep 0.0.0.0:%d | wc -l" % (port), shell = True, stdin = subprocess.PIPE, stdout = subprocess.PIPE, close_fds = True)
 		(stdin, stdout) = (p.stdin, p.stdout)
 		stdin.close()
 		r = stdout.read()