diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index d449579ffb13d4c78845c4f47004ca1ee3091db8..10f90aaac4988ff9fcca061273161f1fd87f9c45 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -11482,7 +11482,7 @@ endjob:
     if (resume && vm && virDomainObjIsActive(vm) &&
         qemuProcessStartCPUs(driver, vm, conn,
                              VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING_UNPAUSED,
-                             QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_NONE) < 0) {
+                             QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_SNAPSHOT) < 0) {
         virDomainEventPtr event = NULL;
         event = virDomainEventNewFromObj(vm,
                                          VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED,