diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 916737f40c79437e22e62002b97b844780283d90..e1278db9d9af90355de3c8dc1692730584f1cd61 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -7807,7 +7807,8 @@ qemuProcessReconnect(void *opaque)
     if (qemuProcessRefreshDisks(driver, obj, QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_NONE) < 0)
         goto error;
 
-    if (qemuBlockNodeNamesDetect(driver, obj, QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_NONE) < 0)
+    if (!virQEMUCapsGet(priv->qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_BLOCKDEV) &&
+        qemuBlockNodeNamesDetect(driver, obj, QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_NONE) < 0)
         goto error;
 
     if (qemuRefreshVirtioChannelState(driver, obj, QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_NONE) < 0)