diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_saveimage.c b/src/qemu/qemu_saveimage.c
index 28d6098dd8..557ee2cd21 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_saveimage.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_saveimage.c
@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ qemuSaveImageStartVM(virConnectPtr conn,
     VIR_AUTOCLOSE intermediatefd = -1;
     g_autoptr(virCommand) cmd = NULL;
     g_autofree char *errbuf = NULL;
+    g_autoptr(virQEMUDriverConfig) cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(driver);
     virQEMUSaveHeader *header = &data->header;
     g_autoptr(qemuDomainSaveCookie) cookie = NULL;
     int rc = 0;
@@ -679,7 +680,10 @@ qemuSaveImageStartVM(virConnectPtr conn,
                                "%s", _("failed to resume domain"));
             goto cleanup;
         }
-        qemuDomainSaveStatus(vm);
+        if (virDomainObjSave(vm, driver->xmlopt, cfg->stateDir) < 0) {
+            VIR_WARN("Failed to save status on vm %s", vm->def->name);
+            goto cleanup;
+        }
     } else {
         int detail = (start_paused ? VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED_PAUSED :
                       VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED_RESTORED);