diff --git a/src/conf/checkpoint_conf.c b/src/conf/checkpoint_conf.c
index 5c998267aa7076c35e0b0ed123bc846572d52197..a83863adcc417dd47976044911f09b61ab2343e2 100644
--- a/src/conf/checkpoint_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/checkpoint_conf.c
@@ -532,8 +532,7 @@ virDomainCheckpointDefFormat(virDomainCheckpointDefPtr def,
 
 
 int
-virDomainCheckpointRedefinePrep(virDomainPtr domain,
-                                virDomainObjPtr vm,
+virDomainCheckpointRedefinePrep(virDomainObjPtr vm,
                                 virDomainCheckpointDefPtr *defptr,
                                 virDomainMomentObjPtr *chk,
                                 virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
@@ -544,13 +543,13 @@ virDomainCheckpointRedefinePrep(virDomainPtr domain,
     virDomainMomentObjPtr other = NULL;
     virDomainCheckpointDefPtr otherdef = NULL;
 
-    virUUIDFormat(domain->uuid, uuidstr);
+    virUUIDFormat(vm->def->uuid, uuidstr);
 
     if (virDomainCheckpointCheckCycles(vm->checkpoints, def, vm->def->name) < 0)
         return -1;
 
     if (!def->parent.dom ||
-        memcmp(def->parent.dom->uuid, domain->uuid, VIR_UUID_BUFLEN)) {
+        memcmp(def->parent.dom->uuid, vm->def->uuid, VIR_UUID_BUFLEN)) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INVALID_ARG,
                        _("definition for checkpoint %s must use uuid %s"),
                        def->parent.name, uuidstr);
diff --git a/src/conf/checkpoint_conf.h b/src/conf/checkpoint_conf.h
index 47ff69eb4d8e81cfeb5303a83af927f547999376..2be041ff56bf3c8a7894734e95a2cb9a60a0bb07 100644
--- a/src/conf/checkpoint_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/checkpoint_conf.h
@@ -90,8 +90,7 @@ virDomainCheckpointDefFormat(virDomainCheckpointDefPtr def,
 int
 virDomainCheckpointAlignDisks(virDomainCheckpointDefPtr checkpoint);
 
-int virDomainCheckpointRedefinePrep(virDomainPtr domain,
-                                    virDomainObjPtr vm,
+int virDomainCheckpointRedefinePrep(virDomainObjPtr vm,
                                     virDomainCheckpointDefPtr *def,
                                     virDomainMomentObjPtr *checkpoint,
                                     virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index d7ee7139847fc1e0a688aa1b3905b1cb0525a948..09bfda1503e7a4fbe88e1006b1b69417fb775f68 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -17291,7 +17291,7 @@ qemuDomainCheckpointCreateXML(virDomainPtr domain,
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (redefine) {
-        if (virDomainCheckpointRedefinePrep(domain, vm, &def, &chk,
+        if (virDomainCheckpointRedefinePrep(vm, &def, &chk,
                                             driver->xmlopt,
                                             &update_current) < 0)
             goto endjob;
diff --git a/src/test/test_driver.c b/src/test/test_driver.c
index 9df7840390175e376c36f93f3d45ce1640a61a39..dafd8c8daa51a8e4fce287cac0803b91cf62cbf6 100644
--- a/src/test/test_driver.c
+++ b/src/test/test_driver.c
@@ -9073,7 +9073,7 @@ testDomainCheckpointCreateXML(virDomainPtr domain,
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (redefine) {
-        if (virDomainCheckpointRedefinePrep(domain, vm, &def, &chk,
+        if (virDomainCheckpointRedefinePrep(vm, &def, &chk,
                                             privconn->xmlopt,
                                             &update_current) < 0)
             goto cleanup;