diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
index 2d4e2a46f32fbcd9662e124a99c394e463a5b319..b49299e1dec779937399ae42f1fe85b707088b02 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ virQEMUDriverConfigLoadMemoryEntry(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg,
     } else if (rc > 0) {
         VIR_FREE(cfg->memoryBackingDir);
         cfg->memoryBackingDir = g_strdup_printf("%s/libvirt/qemu", dir);
-        return 1;
+        return 0;
     }
 
     return 0;