diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 3c254801cd6ef47cd3c64ae5a2673587cec292fc..123abec1ba6d92cff28f8174624110ae81b8a5c7 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -12807,14 +12807,8 @@ virDomainChrDefParseXML(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
         }
     }
 
-    if (def->deviceType == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_DEVICE_TYPE_CHANNEL &&
-        def->targetType == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_CHANNEL_TARGET_TYPE_GUESTFWD) {
-        VIR_DEBUG("Ignoring device address for gustfwd channel");
-    } else if (virDomainDeviceInfoParseXML(xmlopt, node,
-                                           &def->info, flags) < 0) {
+    if (virDomainDeviceInfoParseXML(xmlopt, node, &def->info, flags) < 0)
         goto error;
-    }
-
 
     if (def->deviceType == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_DEVICE_TYPE_SERIAL &&
         def->targetType == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_SERIAL_TARGET_TYPE_USB &&