Trying to parse <driver> node which does not exist makes no sense. Signed-off-by: Jiri Denemark <jdenemar(a)redhat.com&gt; --- src/conf/domain_conf.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c index 4cd9ffc194..fda1c6caa6 100644 --- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c +++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c @@ -8831,8 +8831,10 @@ virDomainNetDefParseXMLDriver(virDomainNetDef *def, { xmlNodePtr driver_node; - if ((driver_node = virXPathNode("./driver", ctxt)) && - (virDomainVirtioOptionsParseXML(driver_node, &def->virtio) < 0)) + if (!(driver_node = virXPathNode("./driver", ctxt))) + return 0; + + if (virDomainVirtioOptionsParseXML(driver_node, &def->virtio) < 0) return -1; if (def->type != VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_HOSTDEV && -- 2.38.1