diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 173745ee49e966ffcb410d89b30b578799772dad..19c7149b5b609ed5a440590c58e72074eca5f2f8 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -712,35 +712,21 @@ qemuBuildTLSx509BackendProps(const char *tlspath,
                              virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                              virJSONValuePtr *propsret)
 {
-    virBuffer buf = VIR_BUFFER_INITIALIZER;
-    char *path = NULL;
-    int ret = -1;
-
     if (!virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_TLS_CREDS_X509)) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
                        _("tls-creds-x509 not supported in this QEMU binary"));
         return -1;
     }
 
-    virQEMUBuildBufferEscapeComma(&buf, tlspath);
-    if (virBufferCheckError(&buf) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
-    path = virBufferContentAndReset(&buf);
-
     if (virJSONValueObjectCreate(propsret,
-                                 "s:dir", path,
+                                 "s:dir", tlspath,
                                  "s:endpoint", (isListen ? "server": "client"),
                                  "b:verify-peer", (isListen ? verifypeer : true),
                                  "S:passwordid", secalias,
                                  NULL) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
-
-    ret = 0;
+        return -1;
 
- cleanup:
-    virBufferFreeAndReset(&buf);
-    VIR_FREE(path);
-    return ret;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-drive-network-tlsx509-vxhs.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-drive-network-tlsx509-vxhs.args
index a2b4d2bcbd142063ca340fd47ec15ec30161d17a..91d3a8a70a77d6eea07d3200f53d87ea19d53eb8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-drive-network-tlsx509-vxhs.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-drive-network-tlsx509-vxhs.args
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ server,nowait \
 -boot c \
 -usb \
 -object tls-creds-x509,id=objvirtio-disk0_tls0,dir=/etc/pki/libvirt-vxhs/dummy,\
-,,,path,endpoint=client,verify-peer=yes \
+,path,endpoint=client,verify-peer=yes \
 -drive file.driver=vxhs,file.tls-creds=objvirtio-disk0_tls0,\
 file.vdisk-id=eb90327c-8302-4725-9e1b-4e85ed4dc251,\
 file.server.host=192.168.0.1,file.server.port=9999,format=raw,if=none,\
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ id=drive-virtio-disk0,serial=eb90327c-8302-4725-9e1b-4e85ed4dc251,cache=none \
 -device virtio-blk-pci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,\
 id=virtio-disk0 \
 -object tls-creds-x509,id=objvirtio-disk1_tls0,dir=/etc/pki/libvirt-vxhs/dummy,\
-,,,path,endpoint=client,verify-peer=yes \
+,path,endpoint=client,verify-peer=yes \
 -drive file.driver=vxhs,file.tls-creds=objvirtio-disk1_tls0,\
 file.vdisk-id=eb90327c-8302-4725-9e1b-4e85ed4dc252,\
 file.server.host=192.168.0.2,file.server.port=9999,format=raw,if=none,\