diff --git a/src/test/test_driver.c b/src/test/test_driver.c
index 18792bc974daea6e2427e0703fc5d4d01f1fc9de..102395637c60292fa33cbe59652e3fe567110916 100644
--- a/src/test/test_driver.c
+++ b/src/test/test_driver.c
@@ -4439,6 +4439,12 @@ testStoragePoolCreateXML(virConnectPtr conn,
         pool = NULL;
         goto cleanup;
     }
+
+    /* *SetDefaults fills this in for the persistent pools, but this
+     * would be a transient pool so remove it; otherwise, the Destroy
+     * code will not Remove the pool */
+    VIR_FREE(pool->configFile);
+
     pool->active = 1;
 
     event = virStoragePoolEventLifecycleNew(pool->def->name, pool->def->uuid,