diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index fc080b4a484fc8de608c5bd99348ad85a8b10721..048855b533ccb75a8084b88ac39a3f1d0e7f312a 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -14654,7 +14654,7 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotCreateInactiveExternal(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
             snapdisk->src->format = VIR_STORAGE_FILE_QCOW2;
 
         if (qemuDomainStorageSourceValidateDepth(defdisk->src, 1, defdisk->dst) < 0)
-            return -1;
+            goto cleanup;
 
         /* creates cmd line args: qemu-img create -f qcow2 -o */
         if (!(cmd = virCommandNewArgList(qemuImgPath,