diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 05c2c9f34e4002d2813443c3dae90e26ddfb4d1f..3340f0b0ef8340da150e854e618540d1fa51f07e 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -30565,8 +30565,6 @@ virDomainDiskTranslateSourcePool(virDomainDiskDefPtr def)
             return -1;
         }
 
-        def->src->srcpool->mode = VIR_STORAGE_SOURCE_POOL_MODE_DIRECT;
-
         if (virDomainDiskTranslateISCSIDirect(def, pooldef) < 0)
             return -1;
 
diff --git a/src/util/virstoragefile.h b/src/util/virstoragefile.h
index ba5181804cdb1819738891d99cbf972c3c6e1ced..420c8a57f3b3edd6db38bb06a8eceb69d9f2a927 100644
--- a/src/util/virstoragefile.h
+++ b/src/util/virstoragefile.h
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ struct _virStorageSourcePoolDef {
     int voltype; /* virStorageVolType, internal only */
     int pooltype; /* virStoragePoolType from storage_conf.h, internal only */
     int actualtype; /* virStorageType, internal only */
-    int mode; /* virStorageSourcePoolMode */
+    int mode; /* virStorageSourcePoolMode, currently makes sense only for iscsi pool */
 };
 typedef virStorageSourcePoolDef *virStorageSourcePoolDefPtr;