diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 94432814306e7493c64f705d19286186ea467a62..79d15c8ed22c188455e2768bd960b2d4f3c9ac16 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -24906,19 +24906,8 @@ virDomainDiskDefCheckDuplicateInfo(const virDomainDiskDef *a,
         return -1;
     }
 
-    if (a->wwn && b->wwn && STREQ(a->wwn, b->wwn)) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
-                       _("Disks '%s' and '%s' have identical WWN"),
-                       a->dst, b->dst);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    if (a->serial && b->serial && STREQ(a->serial, b->serial)) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
-                       _("Disks '%s' and '%s' have identical serial"),
-                       a->dst, b->dst);
-        return -1;
-    }
+    /* Duplicate WWN/serial isn't usually problematic for the OS and
+     * forbiding it would possibly inhibit using multipath configurations */
 
     return 0;
 }