diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
index fcd8eb0ffad1f72352c9f925dc3ece7c5278f306..075f2fb72eb0de6a1ec75e8a0974fe1dce369a74 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
@@ -2240,7 +2240,8 @@ qemuDomainAttachHostSCSIDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     if (scsisrc->protocol == VIR_DOMAIN_HOSTDEV_SCSI_PROTOCOL_TYPE_ISCSI) {
         qemuDomainStorageSourcePrivatePtr srcPriv =
             QEMU_DOMAIN_STORAGE_SOURCE_PRIVATE(scsisrc->u.iscsi.src);
-        secinfo = srcPriv->secinfo;
+        if (srcPriv)
+            secinfo = srcPriv->secinfo;
     }
 
     if (secinfo && secinfo->type == VIR_DOMAIN_SECRET_INFO_TYPE_AES) {