diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend_logical.c b/src/storage/storage_backend_logical.c
index ecbf43054428ff1b5fc57d48987c2a4a087b6920..90a194ebc44c75f84bfa03e97fa1b96554e6f9cf 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend_logical.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend_logical.c
@@ -921,9 +921,7 @@ virStorageBackendLogicalCreateVol(virConnectPtr conn,
 
     vol->type = VIR_STORAGE_VOL_BLOCK;
 
-    /* A target path passed to CreateVol has no meaning */
     VIR_FREE(vol->target.path);
-
     if (virAsprintf(&vol->target.path, "%s/%s",
                     pool->def->target.path,
                     vol->name) == -1)
diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend_zfs.c b/src/storage/storage_backend_zfs.c
index 2e6e40792c5d4cc2604ca94abb1164bb8ddb783b..4129aaeb6d3ad0f8130c2acca61f54ad3c6a0324 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend_zfs.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend_zfs.c
@@ -303,11 +303,7 @@ virStorageBackendZFSCreateVol(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 
     vol->type = VIR_STORAGE_VOL_BLOCK;
 
-    if (vol->target.path != NULL) {
-        /* A target path passed to CreateVol has no meaning */
-        VIR_FREE(vol->target.path);
-    }
-
+    VIR_FREE(vol->target.path);
     if (virAsprintf(&vol->target.path, "%s/%s",
                     pool->def->target.path, vol->name) == -1)
         return -1;