diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
index 0801f84eac29153fb198f29bb8afefabaf8f678f..bb87397377cde59b8a45940379a35672def5c3cc 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
@@ -2659,6 +2659,7 @@ qemuMonitorTextCreateSnapshot(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 
     if (strstr(reply, "Error while creating snapshot") ||
         strstr(reply, "Could not open VM state file") ||
+        strstr(reply, "State blocked by non-migratable device") ||
         (strstr(reply, "Error") && strstr(reply, "while writing VM"))) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED,
                        _("Failed to take snapshot: %s"), reply);