diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 0828041dd8e2536a1ecdcec5125a5a7f89a896b2..b4a3e92dd78a15e14210a5df551127775c9ebd65 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -25019,11 +25019,14 @@ virDomainDeviceDefCopy(virDomainDeviceDefPtr src,
     case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_MEMORY:
         rc = virDomainMemoryDefFormat(&buf, src->data.memory, flags);
         break;
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_SHMEM:
+        rc = virDomainShmemDefFormat(&buf, src->data.shmem, flags);
+        break;
+
     case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_NONE:
     case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_SMARTCARD:
     case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_MEMBALLOON:
     case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_NVRAM:
-    case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_SHMEM:
     case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_IOMMU:
     case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_LAST:
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,