diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
index 8c14540275..54b5a2c2c9 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
@@ -921,9 +921,6 @@ qemuDomainAttachDeviceDiskLiveInternal(virQEMUDriver *driver,
     if (virDomainDiskTranslateSourcePool(disk) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (qemuDomainDetermineDiskChain(driver, vm, disk, NULL) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
-
     for (i = 0; i < vm->def->ndisks; i++) {
         if (virDomainDiskDefCheckDuplicateInfo(vm->def->disks[i], disk) < 0)
             goto cleanup;
@@ -1007,6 +1004,9 @@ qemuDomainAttachDeviceDiskLiveInternal(virQEMUDriver *driver,
     if (qemuDomainPrepareDiskSource(disk, priv, cfg) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
+    if (qemuDomainDetermineDiskChain(driver, vm, disk, NULL) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
     if (qemuHotplugAttachManagedPR(vm, disk->src, VIR_ASYNC_JOB_NONE) < 0)
         goto cleanup;