diff --git a/tools/virsh.c b/tools/virsh.c
index fc62d846663292da79b4db841138bb7df49d6d50..89a91f2249ff1a70c1a9e51889574b32bb0dde3f 100644
--- a/tools/virsh.c
+++ b/tools/virsh.c
@@ -1454,7 +1454,7 @@ cmdManagedSaveRemove(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
     int ret = FALSE;
     int hassave;
 
-    if (!vshConnectionUsability(ctl, ctl->conn))
+    if (!vshConnectionUsability(ctl, ctl->conn, TRUE))
         return FALSE;
 
     if (!(dom = vshCommandOptDomain(ctl, cmd, &name)))