diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1ef6a4600f..8dd22edf9d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Tue Jun 16 11:43:17 EDT 2009 Cole Robinson <crobinso@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/storage_backend_fs.c: Fix FS volume creation with backing stores.
+
 Tue Jun 16 11:33:54 EDT 2009 Cole Robinson <crobinso@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/domain_conf.c src/domain_conf.h src/libvirt_private.syms
diff --git a/src/storage_backend_fs.c b/src/storage_backend_fs.c
index ac7c4240d4..0e93e54394 100644
--- a/src/storage_backend_fs.c
+++ b/src/storage_backend_fs.c
@@ -1251,8 +1251,9 @@ static int createQemuImg(virConnectPtr conn,
          * backing store, not really sure what use it serves though, and it
          * may cause issues with lvm. Untested essentially.
          */
-        if (!inputBackingPath ||
-            !STREQ(inputBackingPath, vol->backingStore.path)) {
+        if (inputvol &&
+            (!inputBackingPath ||
+             STRNEQ(inputBackingPath, vol->backingStore.path))) {
             virStorageReportError(conn, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                                   "%s", _("a different backing store can not "
                                           "be specified."));