diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index da6f8d4b29..e0605cd2b8 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -7104,7 +7104,8 @@ void qemuDomainObjCheckNetTaint(virQEMUDriver *driver,
 
 
 qemuDomainLogContext *qemuDomainLogContextNew(virQEMUDriver *driver,
-                                              virDomainObj *vm)
+                                              virDomainObj *vm,
+                                              const char *basename)
 {
     g_autoptr(virQEMUDriverConfig) cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(driver);
     qemuDomainLogContext *ctxt = QEMU_DOMAIN_LOG_CONTEXT(g_object_new(QEMU_TYPE_DOMAIN_LOG_CONTEXT, NULL));
@@ -7113,7 +7114,7 @@ qemuDomainLogContext *qemuDomainLogContextNew(virQEMUDriver *driver,
     ctxt->writefd = -1;
     ctxt->readfd = -1;
 
-    ctxt->path = g_strdup_printf("%s/%s.log", cfg->logDir, vm->def->name);
+    ctxt->path = g_strdup_printf("%s/%s.log", cfg->logDir, basename);
 
     if (cfg->stdioLogD) {
         ctxt->manager = virLogManagerNew(driver->privileged);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index 67ebee5c25..088c429164 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -657,7 +657,8 @@ void qemuDomainObjCheckNetTaint(virQEMUDriver *driver,
                                 qemuDomainLogContext *logCtxt);
 
 qemuDomainLogContext *qemuDomainLogContextNew(virQEMUDriver *driver,
-                                              virDomainObj *vm);
+                                              virDomainObj *vm,
+                                              const char *basename);
 int qemuDomainLogContextWrite(qemuDomainLogContext *ctxt,
                               const char *fmt, ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF(2, 3);
 ssize_t qemuDomainLogContextRead(qemuDomainLogContext *ctxt,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 42837c4a8a..71b1966685 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -7641,7 +7641,7 @@ qemuProcessLaunch(virConnectPtr conn,
     hookData.cfg = cfg;
 
     VIR_DEBUG("Creating domain log file");
-    if (!(logCtxt = qemuDomainLogContextNew(driver, vm))) {
+    if (!(logCtxt = qemuDomainLogContextNew(driver, vm, vm->def->name))) {
         virLastErrorPrefixMessage("%s", _("can't connect to virtlogd"));
         goto cleanup;
     }