It make no sense at all to have it there. Signed-off-by: Martin Kletzander <mkletzan(a)redhat.com&gt; --- src/conf/domain_conf.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c index db3369e..ec45b8c 100644 --- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c +++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c @@ -8456,8 +8456,13 @@ virDomainChrDefParseXML(xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt, } } - if (virDomainDeviceInfoParseXML(node, NULL, &def->info, flags) < 0) + if (def->deviceType == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_DEVICE_TYPE_CHANNEL && + def->targetType == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_CHANNEL_TARGET_TYPE_GUESTFWD) { + VIR_DEBUG("Ignoring device address for gustfwd channel"); + } else if (virDomainDeviceInfoParseXML(node, NULL, &def->info, flags) < 0) { goto error; + } + if (def->deviceType == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_DEVICE_TYPE_SERIAL && def->targetType == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_SERIAL_TARGET_TYPE_USB &&