diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 5dc62b0daa89cd64c64e479657f66db3e37bd39a..31565bb74b13429d7d4a30bd3ec0aec3a23fbd7e 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -873,8 +873,6 @@ qemuStateInitialize(bool privileged,
                                        NULL, NULL) < 0)
         goto error;
 
-    qemuProcessReconnectAll(conn, qemu_driver);
-
     virDomainObjListForEach(qemu_driver->domains,
                             qemuDomainSnapshotLoad,
                             cfg->snapshotDir);
@@ -883,6 +881,8 @@ qemuStateInitialize(bool privileged,
                             qemuDomainManagedSaveLoad,
                             qemu_driver);
 
+    qemuProcessReconnectAll(conn, qemu_driver);
+
     qemu_driver->workerPool = virThreadPoolNew(0, 1, 0, qemuProcessEventHandler, qemu_driver);
     if (!qemu_driver->workerPool)
         goto error;