diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c b/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c
index 1fc127a8c1a303514f5b55a34dadaa60156d0901..bf1d7de43c1e3bc7eda823c51c77809864edc376 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ virStorageBackendFileSystemNetFindPoolSources(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSE
     retNFS = virStorageBackendFileSystemNetFindNFSPoolSources(&state);
 
     retGluster = virStorageBackendFindGlusterPoolSources(state.host,
-                                                         VIR_STORAGE_POOL_NETFS_GLUSTERFS,
+                                                         VIR_STORAGE_POOL_NETFS,
                                                          &state.list, false);
 
     if (retGluster < 0)
diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend_gluster.c b/src/storage/storage_backend_gluster.c
index 52c9ee372529883e36959699489ed55a586a99de..30a41369a3cc3e86c2147a7ab1f69cc6c9421a82 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend_gluster.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend_gluster.c
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ virStorageBackendGlusterFindPoolSources(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     }
 
     if ((rc = virStorageBackendFindGlusterPoolSources(source->hosts[0].name,
-                                                      0, /* currently ignored */
+                                                      VIR_STORAGE_POOL_GLUSTER,
                                                       &list, true)) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
diff --git a/src/storage/storage_util.c b/src/storage/storage_util.c
index 0ceaab6b95d796f58201f3d25b95486c40d78d53..715361923fe2fe69f1e38b76e11ef93f7dfa5daa 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_util.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_util.c
@@ -2839,17 +2839,21 @@ virStorageBackendDeleteLocal(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 /**
  * virStorageBackendFindGlusterPoolSources:
  * @host: host to detect volumes on
- * @pooltype: src->format is set to this value
+ * @pooltype: type of the pool
  * @list: list of storage pool sources to be filled
  * @report: report error if the 'gluster' cli tool is missing
  *
  * Looks up gluster volumes on @host and fills them to @list.
  *
+ * @pooltype allows to influence the specific differences between netfs and
+ * native gluster pools. Users should pass only VIR_STORAGE_POOL_NETFS or
+ * VIR_STORAGE_POOL_GLUSTER.
+ *
  * Returns number of volumes on the host on success, or -1 on error.
  */
 int
 virStorageBackendFindGlusterPoolSources(const char *host,
-                                        int pooltype,
+                                        virStoragePoolType pooltype,
                                         virStoragePoolSourceListPtr list,
                                         bool report)
 {
@@ -2911,14 +2915,15 @@ virStorageBackendFindGlusterPoolSources(const char *host,
             goto cleanup;
         }
 
+        if (pooltype == VIR_STORAGE_POOL_NETFS)
+            src->format = VIR_STORAGE_POOL_NETFS_GLUSTERFS;
+
         if (VIR_ALLOC_N(src->hosts, 1) < 0)
             goto cleanup;
         src->nhost = 1;
 
         if (VIR_STRDUP(src->hosts[0].name, host) < 0)
             goto cleanup;
-
-        src->format = pooltype;
     }
 
     ret = nnodes;
diff --git a/src/storage/storage_util.h b/src/storage/storage_util.h
index fa3b6522c9a8d7f6ed112fbd7684d9c59301c85e..1ba259c1ec9fed67d062339570ae2ea46909145c 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_util.h
+++ b/src/storage/storage_util.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ int virStorageBackendRefreshLocal(virConnectPtr conn,
                                   virStoragePoolObjPtr pool);
 
 int virStorageBackendFindGlusterPoolSources(const char *host,
-                                            int pooltype,
+                                            virStoragePoolType pooltype,
                                             virStoragePoolSourceListPtr list,
                                             bool report);