diff --git a/src/util/virstoragefile.c b/src/util/virstoragefile.c
index ba001432354499ebff252e3b07a7a938c9349a90..78a7a9f8b935c5bfb77fcc8b6f3defb8e731fb51 100644
--- a/src/util/virstoragefile.c
+++ b/src/util/virstoragefile.c
@@ -2172,7 +2172,7 @@ virStorageSourceParseBackingURI(virStorageSourcePtr src,
 
         if (!(tmp = strchr(src->path, '/')) ||
             tmp == src->path) {
-            virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR,
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
                            _("missing volume name or file name in "
                              "gluster source path '%s'"), src->path);
             goto cleanup;