diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 9310ff3e7c5e8a6252c5dac39ace12e304dc5714..81f95d920b5412726bcf6fbcf4ed36e68f54fc81 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@ static void external_snapshot_prepare(BlkActionState *common,
         }
 
         options = qdict_new();
-        if (s->has_snapshot_node_name) {
+        if (snapshot_node_name) {
             qdict_put_str(options, "node-name", snapshot_node_name);
         }
         qdict_put_str(options, "driver", format);