diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
index 08047ce1f4ee43fdbc67cdf62645a58efa06a8c3..ca0ec47fa6e4f51d04b2f7873dcdfe321867c709 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ qemuDomainChangeEjectableMedia(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         goto error;
     }
 
-    if (!virStorageSourceIsLocalStorage(newsrc) || newsrc->path) {
+    if (!virStorageSourceIsEmpty(newsrc)) {
         if (qemuGetDriveSourceString(newsrc, conn, &sourcestr) < 0)
             goto error;