diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 55a5f7b144ea3db278355eaafc2346eb0166d6b3..b857892039d791c99d2db9de6e8dfa0a17d70b6c 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -5814,6 +5814,11 @@ qemuDomainAttachDeviceDiskLive(virConnectPtr conn,
         goto end;
     }
 
+    if (disk->type == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_TYPE_BLOCK &&
+        disk->shared &&
+        (qemuCheckSharedDisk(driver->sharedDisks, disk) < 0))
+        goto end;
+
     if (qemuDomainDetermineDiskChain(driver, disk, false) < 0)
         goto end;
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index a74a92306d10f5416e39762088ee79c3f158b724..f5fc1b36fdbabc041dfea4910b4e5934713b5576 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -3437,6 +3437,56 @@ qemuSetUnprivSGIO(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk)
     return 0;
 }
 
+/* Check if a shared disk's setting conflicts with the conf
+ * used by other domain(s). Currently only checks the sgio
+ * setting. Note that this should only be called for disk with
+ * block source.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if no conflicts, otherwise returns -1.
+ */
+int
+qemuCheckSharedDisk(virHashTablePtr sharedDisks,
+                    virDomainDiskDefPtr disk)
+{
+    int val;
+    size_t *ref = NULL;
+    char *key = NULL;
+    int ret = 0;
+
+    if (!(key = qemuGetSharedDiskKey(disk->src)))
+        return -1;
+
+    /* It can't be conflict if no other domain is
+     * is sharing it.
+     */
+    if (!(ref = virHashLookup(sharedDisks, key)))
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    if (ref == (void *)0x1)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    if (virGetDeviceUnprivSGIO(disk->src, NULL, &val) < 0) {
+        ret = -1;
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    if ((val == 0 &&
+         (disk->sgio == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_SGIO_FILTERED ||
+          disk->sgio == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_SGIO_DEFAULT)) ||
+        (val == 1 &&
+         disk->sgio == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_SGIO_UNFILTERED))
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_INVALID,
+                   _("sgio of shared disk '%s' conflicts with other "
+                     "active domains"), disk->src);
+    ret = -1;
+
+cleanup:
+    VIR_FREE(key);
+    return ret;
+}
+
 int qemuProcessStart(virConnectPtr conn,
                      virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                      virDomainObjPtr vm,
@@ -3785,6 +3835,9 @@ int qemuProcessStart(virConnectPtr conn,
         if (disk->type == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_TYPE_BLOCK && disk->shared) {
             if (qemuAddSharedDisk(driver->sharedDisks, disk->src) < 0)
                 goto cleanup;
+
+            if (qemuCheckSharedDisk(driver->sharedDisks, disk) < 0)
+                goto cleanup;
         }
 
         if (qemuSetUnprivSGIO(disk) < 0)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.h b/src/qemu/qemu_process.h
index 52a298d503311a1bc34bcb2f2e2ad60de38fdcd0..313fa395426cbb8730c9e624a49d23451d5ed2ee 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.h
@@ -100,4 +100,7 @@ virBitmapPtr qemuPrepareCpumap(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                                virBitmapPtr nodemask);
 int qemuSetUnprivSGIO(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk);
 
+int qemuCheckSharedDisk(virHashTablePtr sharedDisks,
+                        virDomainDiskDefPtr disk);
+
 #endif /* __QEMU_PROCESS_H__ */