diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c b/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
index 3c3e21b381b7cd24939377d88274de37d9ce0bc5..f1e500ff2002d59ebfd626f412793dc4a35f41c4 100644
--- a/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
+++ b/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
@@ -618,10 +618,10 @@ libxlVmStart(libxlDriverPrivatePtr driver, virDomainObjPtr vm,
 
     /* use as synchronous operations => ao_how = NULL and no intermediate reports => ao_progress = NULL */
 
-    if (restore_fd < 0)
+    if (restore_fd < 0) {
         ret = libxl_domain_create_new(priv->ctx, &d_config,
                                       &domid, NULL, NULL);
-    else
+    } else {
 #ifdef LIBXL_HAVE_DOMAIN_CREATE_RESTORE_PARAMS
         params.checkpointed_stream = 0;
         ret = libxl_domain_create_restore(priv->ctx, &d_config, &domid,
@@ -630,6 +630,7 @@ libxlVmStart(libxlDriverPrivatePtr driver, virDomainObjPtr vm,
         ret = libxl_domain_create_restore(priv->ctx, &d_config, &domid,
                                           restore_fd, NULL, NULL);
 #endif
+    }
 
     if (ret) {
         if (restore_fd < 0)