diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index d7751f731d..475f2f536e 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -11494,6 +11494,12 @@ qemuDomainDeviceBackendChardevForeachOne(virDomainDeviceDef *dev,
                                          void *opaque)
 {
     switch ((virDomainDeviceType) dev->type) {
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_DISK:
+        if (virStorageSourceGetActualType(dev->data.disk->src) != VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_VHOST_USER)
+            return 0;
+
+        return cb(dev, dev->data.disk->src->vhostuser, opaque);
+
     case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_NET:
         if (virDomainNetGetActualType(dev->data.net) != VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_VHOSTUSER)
             return 0;
@@ -11524,7 +11530,6 @@ qemuDomainDeviceBackendChardevForeachOne(virDomainDeviceDef *dev,
 
         return cb(dev, dev->data.rng->source.chardev, opaque);
 
-    case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_DISK:
     case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_LEASE:
     case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_FS:
     case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_INPUT:
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 56141fa41b..f9580c1b17 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -6882,6 +6882,10 @@ qemuProcessPrepareHostBackendChardevOne(virDomainDeviceDef *dev,
     /* this function is also called for the monitor backend which doesn't have
      * a 'dev' */
     if (dev) {
+        /* vhost-user disk doesn't use FD passing */
+        if (dev->type == VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_DISK)
+            return 0;
+
         if (dev->type == VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_NET) {
             /* due to a historical bug in qemu we don't use FD passtrhough for
              * vhost-sockets for network devices */
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index fa451b6b54..ac4b532ef1 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -385,6 +385,10 @@ testPrepareHostBackendChardevOne(virDomainDeviceDef *dev,
     qemuDomainChrSourcePrivate *charpriv = QEMU_DOMAIN_CHR_SOURCE_PRIVATE(chardev);
 
     if (dev) {
+        /* vhost-user disk doesn't use FD passing */
+        if (dev->type == VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_DISK)
+            return 0;
+
         if (dev->type == VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_NET) {
             /* due to a historical bug in qemu we don't use FD passtrhough for
              * vhost-sockets for network devices */