diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index d8222fe3bf..b3d42619f2 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ qemuMigrateDisk(virDomainDiskDef const *disk,
     /* Default is to migrate only non-shared non-readonly disks
      * with source */
     return !disk->src->shared && !disk->src->readonly &&
-           virDomainDiskGetSource(disk);
+           !virStorageSourceIsEmpty(disk->src);
 }