diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c b/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c
index 2f9f2b5b04e030f24b5a87695f0502b1ad12c919..09a2975231a4b2b77c84333a680c9f4c67c0bd45 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ qemuBlockJobDiskGetJob(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk)
 void
 qemuBlockJobStarted(qemuBlockJobDataPtr job)
 {
-    job->state = QEMU_BLOCKJOB_STATE_RUNNING;
+    if (job->state == QEMU_BLOCKJOB_STATE_NEW)
+        job->state = QEMU_BLOCKJOB_STATE_RUNNING;
 }