diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index a8a43aca05..f2586a1832 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -5273,9 +5273,9 @@ void qemuProcessStop(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         char *xml = qemuDomainDefFormatXML(driver, vm->def, 0);
 
         /* we can't stop the operation even if the script raised an error */
-        virHookCall(VIR_HOOK_DRIVER_QEMU, vm->def->name,
-                    VIR_HOOK_QEMU_OP_STOPPED, VIR_HOOK_SUBOP_END,
-                    NULL, xml, NULL);
+        ignore_value(virHookCall(VIR_HOOK_DRIVER_QEMU, vm->def->name,
+                                 VIR_HOOK_QEMU_OP_STOPPED, VIR_HOOK_SUBOP_END,
+                                 NULL, xml, NULL));
         VIR_FREE(xml);
     }