diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 416ab5b5dfebc5557bf1ebb55551ada7f09a508f..0a7437a771ba2056e9f4aaeb2409b60992f68ab4 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -1476,17 +1476,23 @@ qemuDomainObjBeginJobInternal(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     unsigned long long now;
     unsigned long long then;
     bool nested = job == QEMU_JOB_ASYNC_NESTED;
+    bool async = job == QEMU_JOB_ASYNC;
     virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(driver);
     const char *blocker = NULL;
     int ret = -1;
     unsigned long long duration = 0;
     unsigned long long asyncDuration = 0;
+    const char *jobStr;
 
-    VIR_DEBUG("Starting %s: %s (async=%s vm=%p name=%s)",
-              job == QEMU_JOB_ASYNC ? "async job" : "job",
-              qemuDomainJobTypeToString(job),
-              qemuDomainAsyncJobTypeToString(priv->job.asyncJob),
-              obj, obj->def->name);
+    if (async)
+        jobStr = qemuDomainAsyncJobTypeToString(asyncJob);
+    else
+        jobStr = qemuDomainJobTypeToString(job);
+
+    VIR_DEBUG("Starting %s: %s (vm=%p name=%s, current job=%s async=%s)",
+              async ? "async job" : "job", jobStr, obj, obj->def->name,
+              qemuDomainJobTypeToString(priv->job.active),
+              qemuDomainAsyncJobTypeToString(priv->job.asyncJob));
 
     if (virTimeMillisNow(&now) < 0) {
         virObjectUnref(cfg);