diff --git a/src/libvirt.c b/src/libvirt.c
index a540424837800762d5232ce0cbcadd45b23dbb25..7b8adf7f184b2f4a890d4e898ade43ba9337d180 100644
--- a/src/libvirt.c
+++ b/src/libvirt.c
@@ -5188,8 +5188,8 @@ error:
  * if @dxml would cause any guest-visible changes.  Pass NULL
  * if no changes are needed to the XML between source and destination.
  * @dxml cannot be used to rename the domain during migration (use
- * @dname for that purpose).  Domain name in @dxml must either match the
- * original domain name or @dname if it was specified.
+ * @dname for that purpose).  Domain name in @dxml must match the
+ * original domain name.
  *
  * Returns the new domain object if the migration was successful,
  *   or NULL in case of error.  Note that the new domain object
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index 92d60081c541907ef900528e15ca34427504df1c..8453a47072de9c6e39cc2e2eced7e77e9b72b617 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -1046,11 +1046,9 @@ char *qemuMigrationBegin(struct qemud_driver *driver,
                                             VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INACTIVE)))
             goto cleanup;
 
-        if (STRNEQ(def->name, vm->def->name) &&
-            STRNEQ_NULLABLE(def->name, dname)) {
+        if (STRNEQ(def->name, vm->def->name)) {
             qemuReportError(VIR_ERR_INVALID_ARG, "%s",
-                            _("target domain name doesn't match source name"
-                              " nor destination name"));
+                            _("target domain name doesn't match source name"));
             goto cleanup;
         }