diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 03917cf000..3f7851a8ec 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -5301,6 +5301,57 @@ qemuDomainDeviceHostdevDefPostParseRestoreSecAlias(virDomainHostdevDefPtr hostde
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * qemuDomainDeviceHostdevDefPostParseRestoreBackendAlias:
+ *
+ * Re-generate backend alias if it wasn't stored in the status XML by an older
+ * libvirtd.
+ *
+ * Note that qemuCaps should be always present for a status XML.
+ */
+static int
+qemuDomainDeviceHostdevDefPostParseRestoreBackendAlias(virDomainHostdevDefPtr hostdev,
+                                                       virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
+                                                       unsigned int parseFlags)
+{
+    virDomainHostdevSubsysSCSIPtr scsisrc = &hostdev->source.subsys.u.scsi;
+    virStorageSourcePtr src;
+
+    if (!(parseFlags & VIR_DOMAIN_DEF_PARSE_STATUS))
+        return 0;
+
+    if (!qemuCaps ||
+        hostdev->mode != VIR_DOMAIN_HOSTDEV_MODE_SUBSYS ||
+        hostdev->source.subsys.type != VIR_DOMAIN_HOSTDEV_SUBSYS_TYPE_SCSI ||
+        !virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_BLOCKDEV_HOSTDEV_SCSI))
+        return 0;
+
+    switch ((virDomainHostdevSCSIProtocolType) scsisrc->protocol) {
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_HOSTDEV_SCSI_PROTOCOL_TYPE_NONE:
+        if (!scsisrc->u.host.src &&
+            !(scsisrc->u.host.src = virStorageSourceNew()))
+            return -1;
+
+        src = scsisrc->u.host.src;
+        break;
+
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_HOSTDEV_SCSI_PROTOCOL_TYPE_ISCSI:
+        src = scsisrc->u.iscsi.src;
+        break;
+
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_HOSTDEV_SCSI_PROTOCOL_TYPE_LAST:
+    default:
+        virReportEnumRangeError(virDomainHostdevSCSIProtocolType, scsisrc->protocol);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (!src->nodestorage)
+        src->nodestorage = g_strdup_printf("libvirt-%s-backend", hostdev->info->alias);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
 static int
 qemuDomainHostdevDefMdevPostParse(virDomainHostdevSubsysMediatedDevPtr mdevsrc,
                                   virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps)
@@ -5327,6 +5378,10 @@ qemuDomainHostdevDefPostParse(virDomainHostdevDefPtr hostdev,
                                                            parseFlags) < 0)
         return -1;
 
+    if (qemuDomainDeviceHostdevDefPostParseRestoreBackendAlias(hostdev, qemuCaps,
+                                                               parseFlags) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
     if (hostdev->mode == VIR_DOMAIN_HOSTDEV_MODE_SUBSYS &&
         hostdev->source.subsys.type == VIR_DOMAIN_HOSTDEV_SUBSYS_TYPE_MDEV &&
         qemuDomainHostdevDefMdevPostParse(&subsys->u.mdev, qemuCaps) < 0)
diff --git a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/modern-in.xml b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/modern-in.xml
index 0a3990bd3e..5a5d5b8983 100644
--- a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/modern-in.xml
+++ b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/modern-in.xml
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@
     <flag name='dump-completed'/>
     <flag name='hda-output'/>
     <flag name='blockdev'/>
+    <flag name='blockdev-hostdev-scsi'/>
   </qemuCaps>
   <devices>
     <device alias='rng0'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/upgrade-in.xml b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/upgrade-in.xml
index 1942eacfa4..7fa56429f4 100644
--- a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/upgrade-in.xml
+++ b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/upgrade-in.xml
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@
     <flag name='isa-serial'/>
     <flag name='dump-completed'/>
     <flag name='hda-output'/>
+    <flag name='blockdev-hostdev-scsi'/>
   </qemuCaps>
   <devices>
     <device alias='rng0'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/upgrade-out.xml b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/upgrade-out.xml
index ee3c1b49b0..962d25ce2e 100644
--- a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/upgrade-out.xml
+++ b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/upgrade-out.xml
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@
     <flag name='isa-serial'/>
     <flag name='dump-completed'/>
     <flag name='hda-output'/>
+    <flag name='blockdev-hostdev-scsi'/>
   </qemuCaps>
   <devices>
     <device alias='rng0'/>
@@ -517,6 +518,9 @@
         <source protocol='iscsi' name='iqn.1992-01.com.example:storage/1'>
           <host name='example.org' port='3260'/>
           <privateData>
+            <nodenames>
+              <nodename type='storage' name='libvirt-hostdev0-backend'/>
+            </nodenames>
             <objects>
               <secret type='auth' alias='hostdev0-secret0'/>
             </objects>
@@ -532,6 +536,9 @@
         <source protocol='iscsi' name='iqn.1992-01.com.example:storage/2'>
           <host name='example.org' port='3260'/>
           <privateData>
+            <nodenames>
+              <nodename type='storage' name='libvirt-hostdev1-backend'/>
+            </nodenames>
             <objects>
               <secret type='auth' alias='hostdev1-secret0'/>
             </objects>
@@ -547,6 +554,11 @@
         <source>
           <adapter name='scsi_host0'/>
           <address bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+          <privateData>
+            <nodenames>
+              <nodename type='storage' name='libvirt-hostdev2-backend'/>
+            </nodenames>
+          </privateData>
         </source>
         <alias name='hostdev2'/>
         <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='2' unit='6'/>