diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 69a7053c058e16af7ff951df53900d4d7e95c2b8..e0b855054d13380606e50ccf903f4cbaa3b1abdb 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -12949,6 +12949,7 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotCreateDiskActive(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     bool persist = false;
     bool reuse = (flags & VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_CREATE_REUSE_EXT) != 0;
     virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(driver);
+    virErrorPtr orig_err = NULL;
 
     if (!virDomainObjIsActive(vm)) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_INVALID,
@@ -13040,6 +13041,17 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotCreateDiskActive(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     }
 
  cleanup:
+    /* recheck backing chains of all disks involved in the snapshot */
+    orig_err = virSaveLastError();
+    for (i = 0; i < snap->def->ndisks; i++) {
+        if (snap->def->disks[i].snapshot != VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_LOCATION_EXTERNAL)
+            continue;
+        qemuDomainDetermineDiskChain(driver, vm, vm->def->disks[i], true);
+    }
+    if (orig_err) {
+        virSetError(orig_err);
+        virFreeError(orig_err);
+    }
 
     if (ret == 0 || !virQEMUCapsGet(priv->qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_TRANSACTION)) {
         if (virDomainSaveStatus(driver->xmlopt, cfg->stateDir, vm) < 0 ||