diff --git a/src/storage/storage_util.c b/src/storage/storage_util.c
index 5252e429fd603b3f51a8055129d3e93b99941335..4371963a53d56cb88f20b48a7455bf6f9446314f 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_util.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_util.c
@@ -2287,7 +2287,7 @@ virStorageBackendVolRefreshLocal(virConnectPtr conn,
 
 
 static int
-storageBackendResizeQemuImg(const char *path,
+storageBackendResizeQemuImg(virStorageVolDefPtr vol,
                             unsigned long long capacity)
 {
     int ret = -1;
@@ -2306,7 +2306,7 @@ storageBackendResizeQemuImg(const char *path,
     capacity = VIR_ROUND_UP(capacity, 512);
 
     cmd = virCommandNew(img_tool);
-    virCommandAddArgList(cmd, "resize", path, NULL);
+    virCommandAddArgList(cmd, "resize", vol->target.path, NULL);
     virCommandAddArgFormat(cmd, "%llu", capacity);
 
     ret = virCommandRun(cmd, NULL);
@@ -2328,11 +2328,11 @@ virStorageBackendVolResizeLocal(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                                 unsigned long long capacity,
                                 unsigned int flags)
 {
+    bool pre_allocate = flags & VIR_STORAGE_VOL_RESIZE_ALLOCATE;
+
     virCheckFlags(VIR_STORAGE_VOL_RESIZE_ALLOCATE |
                   VIR_STORAGE_VOL_RESIZE_SHRINK, -1);
 
-    bool pre_allocate = flags & VIR_STORAGE_VOL_RESIZE_ALLOCATE;
-
     if (vol->target.format == VIR_STORAGE_FILE_RAW) {
         return virStorageFileResize(vol->target.path, capacity, pre_allocate);
     } else if (vol->target.format == VIR_STORAGE_FILE_PLOOP) {
@@ -2345,7 +2345,7 @@ virStorageBackendVolResizeLocal(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
             return -1;
         }
 
-        return storageBackendResizeQemuImg(vol->target.path, capacity);
+        return storageBackendResizeQemuImg(vol, capacity);
     }
 }