diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 76fcccec96296da3a0a49999a827bba46e7e52b7..0caf1c05fe5dd2d026c510130eeed1de117d393b 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -2392,9 +2392,13 @@ void
 qemuDomainRemoveInactive(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                          virDomainObjPtr vm)
 {
+    bool haveJob = true;
     char *snapDir;
     virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(driver);
 
+    if (qemuDomainObjBeginJob(driver, vm, QEMU_JOB_MODIFY) < 0)
+        haveJob = false;
+
     /* Remove any snapshot metadata prior to removing the domain */
     if (qemuDomainSnapshotDiscardAllMetadata(driver, vm) < 0) {
         VIR_WARN("unable to remove all snapshots for domain %s",
@@ -2411,6 +2415,9 @@ qemuDomainRemoveInactive(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     }
     virDomainObjListRemove(driver->domains, vm);
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
+
+    if (haveJob)
+        ignore_value(qemuDomainObjEndJob(driver, vm));
 }
 
 void