diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
index ef8696be4690c0e202f20eb6f2bbf08a2ea6e0fc..ad4e7ab76e249bb1cf2ac1c5e8ec4f142e4e508c 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
@@ -300,8 +300,14 @@ qemuDomainCheckEjectableMedia(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         if (!info)
             goto cleanup;
 
-        if (info->tray_open && virDomainDiskGetSource(disk))
-            ignore_value(virDomainDiskSetSource(disk, NULL));
+        if (info->tray_open) {
+            if (virDomainDiskGetSource(disk))
+                ignore_value(virDomainDiskSetSource(disk, NULL));
+
+            disk->tray_status = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_TRAY_OPEN;
+        } else {
+            disk->tray_status = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_TRAY_CLOSED;
+        }
     }
 
     ret = 0;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 0ccc3ac64385de5d176a0887fb28e37bb5a9eb13..4a7c141b933fa2533fc2eeb5ee95390146a4cee6 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -5555,6 +5555,10 @@ qemuProcessLaunch(virConnectPtr conn,
     if (qemuProcessUpdateVideoRamSize(driver, vm, asyncJob) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
+    VIR_DEBUG("Updating ejectable media status");
+    if (qemuDomainCheckEjectableMedia(driver, vm, asyncJob) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
     if (flags & VIR_QEMU_PROCESS_START_AUTODESTROY &&
         qemuProcessAutoDestroyAdd(driver, vm, conn) < 0)
         goto cleanup;