diff --git a/src/conf/virconsole.c b/src/conf/virconsole.c
index e665149470c65147ae4c4182a4df90eb3cc7d94d..01f1c84d7427785f29b281bfe2f1035668d8aeb7 100644
--- a/src/conf/virconsole.c
+++ b/src/conf/virconsole.c
@@ -222,9 +222,6 @@ static void virConsoleHashEntryFree(void *data,
     const char *pty = name;
     virStreamPtr st = data;
 
-    /* remove callback from stream */
-    virFDStreamSetInternalCloseCb(st, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-
     /* free stream reference */
     virStreamFree(st);
 
@@ -292,6 +289,18 @@ error:
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Helper to clear stream callbacks when freeing the hash
+ */
+static void virConsoleFreeClearCallbacks(void *payload,
+                                         const void *name ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                                         void *data ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    virStreamPtr st = payload;
+
+    virFDStreamSetInternalCloseCb(st, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+}
+
 /**
  * Free structures for handling open console streams.
  *
@@ -303,6 +312,7 @@ void virConsoleFree(virConsolesPtr cons)
         return;
 
     virMutexLock(&cons->lock);
+    virHashForEach(cons->hash, virConsoleFreeClearCallbacks, NULL);
     virHashFree(cons->hash);
     virMutexUnlock(&cons->lock);
     virMutexDestroy(&cons->lock);