diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index f8d493d47f99f3f236724401a142f796e6f70c95..a76858a15ca139ebfe862f3b29282b1096fb3c2d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -6365,7 +6365,7 @@ qemuDomainChgIOThread(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                                _("cannot find IOThread '%u' in persistent "
                                  "iothreadids"),
                                iothread_id);
-                goto cleanup;
+                goto endjob;
             }
 
             virDomainIOThreadIDDel(persistentDef, iothread_id);