diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 060e091cbde6e8b8f5f7e20f6881657291c7223d..de15c9e0ba4d54be658b359053b936c93bcdc7d4 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -3754,9 +3754,11 @@ qemuProcessKill(struct qemud_driver *driver,
     VIR_DEBUG("vm=%s pid=%d flags=%x",
               vm->def->name, vm->pid, flags);
 
-    if (!virDomainObjIsActive(vm)) {
-        VIR_DEBUG("VM '%s' not active", vm->def->name);
-        return 0;
+    if (!(flags & VIR_QEMU_PROCESS_KILL_NOCHECK)) {
+        if (!virDomainObjIsActive(vm)) {
+            VIR_DEBUG("VM '%s' not active", vm->def->name);
+            return 0;
+        }
     }
 
     /* This loop sends SIGTERM (or SIGKILL if flags has
@@ -3860,6 +3862,13 @@ void qemuProcessStop(struct qemud_driver *driver,
         return;
     }
 
+    /*
+     * We may unlock the driver and vm in qemuProcessKill(), and another thread
+     * can lock driver and vm, and then call qemuProcessStop(). So we should
+     * set vm->def->id to -1 here to avoid qemuProcessStop() to be called twice.
+     */
+    vm->def->id = -1;
+
     if ((logfile = qemuDomainCreateLog(driver, vm, true)) < 0) {
         /* To not break the normal domain shutdown process, skip the
          * timestamp log writing if failed on opening log file. */
@@ -3922,7 +3931,8 @@ void qemuProcessStop(struct qemud_driver *driver,
     }
 
     /* shut it off for sure */
-    ignore_value(qemuProcessKill(driver, vm, VIR_QEMU_PROCESS_KILL_FORCE));
+    ignore_value(qemuProcessKill(driver, vm, VIR_QEMU_PROCESS_KILL_FORCE|
+                                             VIR_QEMU_PROCESS_KILL_NOCHECK));
 
     qemuDomainCleanupRun(driver, vm);
 
@@ -4015,7 +4025,6 @@ retry:
 
     vm->taint = 0;
     vm->pid = -1;
-    vm->def->id = -1;
     virDomainObjSetState(vm, VIR_DOMAIN_SHUTOFF, reason);
     VIR_FREE(priv->vcpupids);
     priv->nvcpupids = 0;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.h b/src/qemu/qemu_process.h
index 761db6f9c69fe6a26bcad10a3e335d7827ee5fb5..5cb5ffcbe547e57577785f2a285a86c4bf84a793 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ int qemuProcessAttach(virConnectPtr conn,
 typedef enum {
    VIR_QEMU_PROCESS_KILL_FORCE  = 1 << 0,
    VIR_QEMU_PROCESS_KILL_NOWAIT = 1 << 1,
+   VIR_QEMU_PROCESS_KILL_NOCHECK = 1 << 2, /* bypass the running vm check */
 } virQemuProcessKillMode;
 
 int qemuProcessKill(struct qemud_driver *driver,