diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index b7c89a826a..16c5ccae45 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -9204,7 +9204,7 @@ qemuSetVcpusBWLive(virDomainObjPtr vm, virCgroupPtr cgroup,
         virDomainVcpuDefPtr vcpu = virDomainDefGetVcpu(vm->def, i);
 
         if (!vcpu->online)
-            return -1;
+            continue;
 
         if (virCgroupNewThread(cgroup, VIR_CGROUP_THREAD_VCPU, i,
                                false, &cgroup_vcpu) < 0)