Commit 0ba9afc6b28 introduced a logic bug where we will never save the inactive XML after a blockjob as the variable which was determining whether to do so is cleared right before. Thus even if we correctly modify the inactive state it will be rolled back when libvirtd is restarted. Reported-by: Thomas Stein <hello(a)himbee.re&gt; Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa(a)redhat.com&gt; --- src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c b/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c index fa7e4c8625..f105632a09 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c @@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ qemuBlockJobEventProcessLegacy(virQEMUDriverPtr driver, if (virDomainSaveStatus(driver->xmlopt, cfg->stateDir, vm, driver->caps) < 0) VIR_WARN("Unable to save status on vm %s after block job", vm->def->name); - if (job->newstate == VIR_DOMAIN_BLOCK_JOB_COMPLETED && vm->newDef) { + if (job->state == VIR_DOMAIN_BLOCK_JOB_COMPLETED && vm->newDef) { if (virDomainSaveConfig(cfg->configDir, driver->caps, vm->newDef) < 0) VIR_WARN("Unable to update persistent definition on vm %s " "after block job", vm->def->name);