diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 6102f7983f58028935a76b2ccd90cc2b35d89c57..f38b0f3810309b9ed9c5849aba80b7e50700bf5f 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -562,6 +562,16 @@ qemuDomainSetPrivatePaths(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 }
 
 
+void
+qemuDomainClearPrivatePaths(virDomainObjPtr vm)
+{
+    qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
+
+    VIR_FREE(priv->libDir);
+    VIR_FREE(priv->channelTargetDir);
+}
+
+
 static void *
 qemuDomainObjPrivateAlloc(void)
 {
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index 918a77dabd2965cb6ed9c74a2bc9b702633a93e3..54d7bd74f3be0bc839321c24f3494415a0551bad 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ int qemuDomainNetVLAN(virDomainNetDefPtr def);
 int qemuDomainSetPrivatePaths(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                               virDomainObjPtr vm);
 
+void qemuDomainClearPrivatePaths(virDomainObjPtr vm);
 
 virDomainDiskDefPtr qemuDomainDiskByName(virDomainDefPtr def, const char *name);
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 7044266bb517b741332c6bf2894cccc560d7b754..d9dca74853873a50ef17a99ed170e95ede21d1d6 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -5832,6 +5832,8 @@ void qemuProcessStop(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     virFileDeleteTree(priv->libDir);
     virFileDeleteTree(priv->channelTargetDir);
 
+    qemuDomainClearPrivatePaths(vm);
+
     ignore_value(virDomainChrDefForeach(vm->def,
                                         false,
                                         qemuProcessCleanupChardevDevice,