diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
index 08eb9c3d470a1fc5a041dfce8276f7ca79c3c3bf..7e9c1a164957ee8fe2f81f701f2d2002b4baa2d6 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
@@ -694,7 +694,9 @@ qemuDomainAttachDiskGeneric(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 
     if (qemuDomainObjExitMonitor(driver, vm) < 0)
         ret = -2;
-    if (qemuHotplugRemoveManagedPR(driver, vm, QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_NONE) < 0)
+
+    if (virStorageSourceChainHasManagedPR(disk->src) &&
+        qemuHotplugRemoveManagedPR(driver, vm, QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_NONE) < 0)
         ret = -2;
 
     virDomainAuditDisk(vm, NULL, disk->src, "attach", false);
@@ -4266,7 +4268,8 @@ qemuDomainRemoveDiskDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     dev.data.disk = disk;
     ignore_value(qemuRemoveSharedDevice(driver, &dev, vm->def->name));
 
-    if (qemuHotplugRemoveManagedPR(driver, vm, QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_NONE) < 0)
+    if (virStorageSourceChainHasManagedPR(disk->src) &&
+        qemuHotplugRemoveManagedPR(driver, vm, QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_NONE) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     ret = 0;