diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index c103592e22250e2a55de655e7ff3b0a9dc458c01..17d487f5ac68e1792f01b6581574ec845462e553 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -2994,7 +2994,7 @@ static int qemuSetupDiskCgroup(virCgroupPtr cgroup,
             goto cleanup;
 
         path = meta.backingStore;
-    } while (path != NULL);
+    }
 
     ret = 0;
 
@@ -3042,7 +3042,7 @@ static int qemuTeardownDiskCgroup(virCgroupPtr cgroup,
             goto cleanup;
 
         path = meta.backingStore;
-    } while (path != NULL);
+    }
 
     ret = 0;