diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 4aa162590fd8064eaff8ae261ed65fedf3fad63e..0434438b28ec9d6571fb7a3be2ebb1ea339e0895 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -10150,6 +10150,9 @@ qemuDomainGetPerfEvents(virDomainPtr dom,
     if (qemuDomainObjBeginJob(driver, vm, QEMU_JOB_QUERY) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
+    if (virDomainObjUpdateModificationImpact(vm, &flags) < 0)
+        goto endjob;
+
     if (!(def = virDomainObjGetOneDef(vm, flags)))
         goto endjob;