diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 31ba78b950059567819d778608ff326f4ab2c066..33f177b16f208d9ee486980821c525de069e320e 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -7522,11 +7522,11 @@ virDomainDeviceInfoFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
                               virTristateSwitchTypeToString(info->addr.pci.multi));
         }
 
-        if (virZPCIDeviceAddressIsIncomplete(&info->addr.pci.zpci)) {
-            virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
-                           _("Missing uid or fid attribute of zPCI address"));
-        }
         if (virZPCIDeviceAddressIsPresent(&info->addr.pci.zpci)) {
+            if (virZPCIDeviceAddressIsIncomplete(&info->addr.pci.zpci))
+                virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
+                               _("Missing uid or fid attribute of zPCI address"));
+
             virBufferAsprintf(&childBuf,
                               "<zpci uid='0x%.4x' fid='0x%.8x'/>\n",
                               info->addr.pci.zpci.uid.value,