diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 330f95bf24..d62dda6d96 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -9733,7 +9733,6 @@ qemuBuildPRManagerInfoProps(virDomainObjPtr vm,
                             virJSONValuePtr *propsret,
                             char **aliasret)
 {
-    qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
     char *socketPath = NULL;
     char *alias = NULL;
     int ret = -1;
@@ -9744,12 +9743,6 @@ qemuBuildPRManagerInfoProps(virDomainObjPtr vm,
     if (!virStoragePRDefIsEnabled(disk->src->pr))
         return 0;
 
-    if (!virQEMUCapsGet(priv->qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_PR_MANAGER_HELPER)) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
-                       _("reservations not supported with this QEMU binary"));
-        return ret;
-    }
-
     if (!(socketPath = qemuDomainGetPRSocketPath(vm, disk->src->pr)))
         return ret;
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 8d0ab9788f..8a39956564 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -4204,6 +4204,13 @@ qemuDomainValidateStorageSource(virStorageSourcePtr src,
         }
     }
 
+    if (virStoragePRDefIsEnabled(src->pr) &&
+        !virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_PR_MANAGER_HELPER)) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
+                       _("reservations not supported with this QEMU binary"));
+        return -1;
+    }
+
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index 17f204fda2..7cedc2b999 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("disk-virtio-scsi-num_queues",
             QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_SCSI);
     DO_TEST("disk-virtio-scsi-reservations",
-            QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_SCSI);
+            QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_SCSI, QEMU_CAPS_PR_MANAGER_HELPER);
     DO_TEST("disk-virtio-scsi-cmd_per_lun",
             QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_SCSI);
     DO_TEST("disk-virtio-scsi-max_sectors",