diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 00ca93e8c77efc05691a1b756bec2be5ab8f751f..50b4d70aa83136fbb9b7e738898e6c9673075307 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -3556,9 +3556,9 @@ qemuParseNBDString(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk)
     virURIPtr uri = NULL;
 
     if (strstr(disk->src, "://")) {
-        uri = virURIParse(disk->src);
-        if (uri)
-            return qemuParseDriveURIString(disk, uri, "nbd");
+        if (!(uri = virURIParse(disk->src)))
+            return -1;
+        return qemuParseDriveURIString(disk, uri, "nbd");
     }
 
     if (VIR_ALLOC(h) < 0)