diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 149963f0562d7d6e51fbc549e5011bc7e2dad882..f4b8dab69786aa09cef6fb2b2ebb51d4e508bbaa 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -17094,7 +17094,8 @@ qemuDomainBlockCommit(virDomainPtr dom,
         goto endjob;
     }
 
-    disk->blockjob = true;
+    if (ret == 0)
+        disk->blockjob = true;
 
     if (mirror) {
         if (ret == 0) {