diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 900740eb5b26228bbee36293123a46cfa7e8b9d9..ba804429a28acd458067039d8c901f05f18c73f5 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -16414,8 +16414,11 @@ qemuDomainGetBlockJobInfo(virDomainPtr dom,
     if (qemuDomainSupportsBlockJobs(vm, NULL) < 0)
         goto endjob;
 
-    if (!(disk = virDomainDiskByName(vm->def, path, true)))
+    if (!(disk = virDomainDiskByName(vm->def, path, true))) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INVALID_ARG,
+                       _("disk %s not found in the domain"), path);
         goto endjob;
+    }
 
     qemuDomainObjEnterMonitor(driver, vm);
     ret = qemuMonitorGetBlockJobInfo(qemuDomainGetMonitor(vm),