diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 4020364000..a90c1b8baa 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -13016,7 +13016,9 @@ qemuDomainGetJobStatsInternal(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    if (completed)
+    if (completed && priv->job.current)
+        info = NULL;
+    else if (completed)
         info = priv->job.completed;
     else
         info = priv->job.current;