Coverity scan reports use after free issue which is a false positive. In error case, free event->vm instead of vm to avoid this warning in coverity. Coverty CID: 403592 Signed-off-by: Shaleen Bathla <shaleen.bathla(a)oracle.com&gt; --- src/qemu/qemu_process.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c index ee9f0784d3a3..83b553418068 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ qemuProcessEventSubmit(virDomainObj *vm, event->data = data; if (virThreadPoolSendJob(driver->workerPool, 0, event) < 0) { - virObjectUnref(vm); + virObjectUnref(event->vm); qemuProcessEventFree(event); } } -- 2.31.1