diff --git a/man/systemd-detect-virt.xml b/man/systemd-detect-virt.xml
index dc10b4dd430..72ea35892ff 100644
--- a/man/systemd-detect-virt.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-detect-virt.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@
 
           <row>
             <entry><varname>kvm</varname></entry>
-            <entry>Linux KVM kernel virtual machine, from within QEMU</entry>
+            <entry>Linux KVM kernel virtual machine, with whatever software, except
+            Oracle Virtualbox</entry>
           </row>
 
           <row>
@@ -116,7 +117,8 @@
 
           <row>
             <entry><varname>oracle</varname></entry>
-            <entry>Oracle VM VirtualBox (historically marketed by innotek and Sun Microsystems)</entry>
+            <entry>Oracle VM VirtualBox (historically marketed by innotek and Sun Microsystems),
+            for legacy and KVM hypervisor</entry>
           </row>
 
           <row>
diff --git a/src/basic/virt.c b/src/basic/virt.c
index 0fbbdea6029..830dc655e38 100644
--- a/src/basic/virt.c
+++ b/src/basic/virt.c
@@ -316,31 +316,29 @@ static int detect_vm_zvm(void) {
 /* Returns a short identifier for the various VM implementations */
 int detect_vm(void) {
         static thread_local int cached_found = _VIRTUALIZATION_INVALID;
-        int r, cpuid;
+        int r, dmi;
 
         if (cached_found >= 0)
                 return cached_found;
 
         /* We have to use the correct order here:
          *
-         * -> First try to detect qemu/kvm and return 'kvm'.
-         * -> Some virtualization technologies do use KVM hypervisor but are
-         *    expected to be detected as something else. Virtualbox since
-         *    version 5.0 is an example. So detect DMI next.
-         * -> Get infos from CPUID third. */
+         * -> First try to detect Oracle Virtualbox, even if it uses KVM.
+         * -> Second try to detect from cpuid, this will report KVM for
+         *    whatever software is used even if info in dmi is overwritten.
+         * -> Third try to detect from dmi. */
 
-        cpuid = detect_vm_cpuid();
-        r = detect_vm_dmi();
-
-        if (r == VIRTUALIZATION_QEMU && cpuid == VIRTUALIZATION_KVM)
-                return cpuid;
+        dmi = detect_vm_dmi();
+        if (dmi == VIRTUALIZATION_ORACLE)
+                return dmi;
 
+        r = detect_vm_cpuid();
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
         if (r != VIRTUALIZATION_NONE)
                 goto finish;
 
-        r = cpuid;
+        r = dmi;
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
         if (r != VIRTUALIZATION_NONE)