diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 5a78e3943e1778dffd50cbf16d0a22d1c69d3b18..a3a8103f81d48ba8944c0fda13bd21864cdde14c 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -4079,6 +4079,7 @@ qemuDomainObjBeginJobInternal(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         qemuDomainObjResetAsyncJob(priv);
         if (VIR_ALLOC(priv->job.current) < 0)
             goto cleanup;
+        priv->job.current->status = QEMU_DOMAIN_JOB_STATUS_ACTIVE;
         priv->job.asyncJob = asyncJob;
         priv->job.asyncOwner = virThreadSelfID();
         priv->job.asyncOwnerAPI = virThreadJobGet();
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 852121b31170e5b26e728ecd3022ce7fe1a6499b..a90fcb08d43a78e33cb8e027eedd4d1dafaa7b54 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -3310,8 +3310,6 @@ qemuDomainSaveInternal(virQEMUDriverPtr driver, virDomainPtr dom,
         goto endjob;
     }
 
-    priv->job.current->status = QEMU_DOMAIN_JOB_STATUS_ACTIVE;
-
     /* Pause */
     if (virDomainObjGetState(vm, NULL) == VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING) {
         was_running = true;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index daab875a100ce167d52aa0d746c19569eda683f6..829be05f133b408135d7ddbca257fb2744ce7dd3 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -1548,7 +1548,6 @@ qemuMigrationWaitForCompletion(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     bool events = virQEMUCapsGet(priv->qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_MIGRATION_EVENT);
     int rv;
 
-    jobInfo->status = QEMU_DOMAIN_JOB_STATUS_ACTIVE;
     while ((rv = qemuMigrationCompleted(driver, vm, asyncJob,
                                         dconn, flags)) != 1) {
         if (rv < 0)
@@ -5611,7 +5610,6 @@ qemuMigrationJobStart(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                       virDomainObjPtr vm,
                       qemuDomainAsyncJob job)
 {
-    qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
     virDomainJobOperation op;
     unsigned long long mask;
 
@@ -5629,8 +5627,6 @@ qemuMigrationJobStart(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         return -1;
 
     qemuDomainObjSetAsyncJobMask(vm, mask);
-    priv->job.current->status = QEMU_DOMAIN_JOB_STATUS_ACTIVE;
-
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index ef4972c73497d7e2ad9eb02c6ea6a3a7a70a7374..ab81d65276ec209748c65815576fd071a32e7624 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -3993,15 +3993,11 @@ qemuProcessBeginJob(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                     virDomainObjPtr vm,
                     virDomainJobOperation operation)
 {
-    qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
-
     if (qemuDomainObjBeginAsyncJob(driver, vm, QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_START,
                                    operation) < 0)
         return -1;
 
     qemuDomainObjSetAsyncJobMask(vm, QEMU_JOB_NONE);
-    priv->job.current->status = QEMU_DOMAIN_JOB_STATUS_ACTIVE;
-
     return 0;
 }