diff --git a/src/conf/storage_conf.c b/src/conf/storage_conf.c
index 1fadff49557387b6036fdf5eb555bb9e9cdd213f..2b2104d536491e85201cbd74709b89f09b82bfaa 100644
--- a/src/conf/storage_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/storage_conf.c
@@ -2544,9 +2544,13 @@ virStoragePoolSourceFindDuplicate(virConnectPtr conn,
         case VIR_STORAGE_POOL_DISK:
             matchpool = virStoragePoolSourceFindDuplicateDevices(pool, def);
             break;
+        case VIR_STORAGE_POOL_SHEEPDOG:
+            if (virStoragePoolSourceMatchSingleHost(&pool->def->source,
+                                                    &def->source))
+                matchpool = pool;
+            break;
         case VIR_STORAGE_POOL_MPATH:
         case VIR_STORAGE_POOL_RBD:
-        case VIR_STORAGE_POOL_SHEEPDOG:
         case VIR_STORAGE_POOL_GLUSTER:
         case VIR_STORAGE_POOL_ZFS:
         case VIR_STORAGE_POOL_LAST: