diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_virtiofs.c b/src/qemu/qemu_virtiofs.c
index b47e19a562a79aedd95768b1b2d5c3e578f8f37b..d9ace4aafed4e9764ef81e3cee80dcc416ba1429 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_virtiofs.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_virtiofs.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ qemuVirtioFSCreateSocketFilename(virDomainObjPtr vm,
 {
     qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
 
-    return virFileBuildPath(priv->libDir, alias, "-virtiofsd.sock");
+    return virFileBuildPath(priv->libDir, alias, "-fs.sock");
 }