diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index ccd28ff29eb67838941f95b7cdccaa5110f96502..cca330ee71ee3a2d928d6b8b0a7de2ca1452ddfd 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -8338,6 +8338,7 @@ qemuDomainUpdateDeviceConfig(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
          * We allow updating src/type//driverType/cachemode/
          */
         orig->cachemode = disk->cachemode;
+        orig->startupPolicy = disk->startupPolicy;
 
         virStorageSourceFree(orig->src);
         orig->src = disk->src;