diff --git a/src/conf/storage_conf.c b/src/conf/storage_conf.c
index 620744f216270d15ea697e79f61f0094da063fb2..6467c73cb6c8b9663ac239e086710cf557606658 100644
--- a/src/conf/storage_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/storage_conf.c
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ static virStoragePoolTypeInfo poolTypeInfo[] = {
     { .poolType = VIR_STORAGE_POOL_FS,
       .poolOptions = {
             .flags = (VIR_STORAGE_POOL_SOURCE_DEVICE),
+            .defaultFormat = VIR_STORAGE_POOL_FS_AUTO,
             .formatFromString = virStoragePoolFormatFileSystemTypeFromString,
             .formatToString = virStoragePoolFormatFileSystemTypeToString,
         },
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ static virStoragePoolTypeInfo poolTypeInfo[] = {
       .poolOptions = {
             .flags = (VIR_STORAGE_POOL_SOURCE_HOST |
                       VIR_STORAGE_POOL_SOURCE_DIR),
-            .defaultFormat = VIR_STORAGE_POOL_FS_AUTO,
+            .defaultFormat = VIR_STORAGE_POOL_NETFS_AUTO,
             .formatFromString = virStoragePoolFormatFileSystemNetTypeFromString,
             .formatToString = virStoragePoolFormatFileSystemNetTypeToString,
         },