diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 6700fc958c69da9eca008eb9c118b51e73335fc7..a67bb481060d7b20c6a2bd5e677ca4fd357b9b98 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -4574,7 +4574,6 @@ processBlockJobEvent(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
             VIR_WARN("Unable to update persistent definition on vm %s "
                      "after block job", vm->def->name);
     }
-    virObjectUnlock(vm);
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
 
     if (event)