diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index f433f18367d588fba03b19a42dabe465c6c4b499..0812cf0e10c660b644ddc7f2bc80c1aa550fde64 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -24339,19 +24339,8 @@ virDomainDiskDefCheckDuplicateInfo(virDomainDiskDefPtr a,
         return -1;
     }
 
-    if (a->wwn && b->wwn && STREQ(a->wwn, b->wwn)) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
-                       _("Disks '%s' and '%s' have identical WWN"),
-                       a->dst, b->dst);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    if (a->serial && b->serial && STREQ(a->serial, b->serial)) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
-                       _("Disks '%s' and '%s' have identical serial"),
-                       a->dst, b->dst);
-        return -1;
-    }
+    /* Duplicate WWN/serial isn't usually problematic for the OS and
+     * forbiding it would possibly inhibit using multipath configurations */
 
     return 0;
 }