diff --git a/qemu/tests/cfg/driver_load.cfg b/qemu/tests/cfg/driver_load.cfg
index 809c6e91b55378e8abf1df996886797f8fa2f86b..3cac8b2c7263b90f3d108996a905921040417fd2 100644
--- a/qemu/tests/cfg/driver_load.cfg
+++ b/qemu/tests/cfg/driver_load.cfg
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
     kill_vm_on_error = yes
     login_timeout = 240
     repeats = 1
+    Windows:
+        backup_image_before_testing = yes
+        restore_image_after_testing = yes
     variants:
         - with_nic:
             no e1000