diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index a83780ffb036eba2e504a51eb122c2e94ea6a6c7..4aa9ca37125d20cffbcc9145886cd09c7c9ce2a6 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -3213,6 +3213,11 @@ qemuProcessReconnect(void *opaque)
         if (qemuTranslateDiskSourcePool(conn, obj->def->disks[i]) < 0)
             goto error;
 
+        /* XXX we should be able to restore all data from XML in the future */
+        if (qemuDomainDetermineDiskChain(driver, obj,
+                                         obj->def->disks[i], true) < 0)
+            goto error;
+
         dev.type = VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_DISK;
         dev.data.disk = obj->def->disks[i];
         if (qemuAddSharedDevice(driver, &dev, obj->def->name) < 0)