diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index 79da4723784841618117dacd2598bc831710ae13..8218029d007a94944dbcaeb8dcd231639113c805 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -910,8 +910,7 @@ qemuMonitorOpen(virDomainObjPtr vm,
     case VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_TYPE_UNIX:
         hasSendFD = true;
         if ((fd = qemuMonitorOpenUnix(config->data.nix.path,
-                                      vm ? vm->pid : 0,
-                                      timeout)) < 0)
+                                      vm->pid, timeout)) < 0)
             return NULL;
         break;