diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
index 72b09f92ca7ad17d3fe911bd289d148b90e11aa0..68d021afbbccd3459bc7928140526dc83694bea0 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
@@ -5964,7 +5964,7 @@ qemuDomainDetachNetDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     if (qemuIsMultiFunctionDevice(vm->def, &detach->info)) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED,
                        _("cannot hot unplug multifunction PCI device: %s"),
-                       dev->data.disk->dst);
+                       detach->ifname);
         goto cleanup;
     }