diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_migration.c b/src/libxl/libxl_migration.c
index 8be78772f2..f1da251c91 100644
--- a/src/libxl/libxl_migration.c
+++ b/src/libxl/libxl_migration.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ libxlDoMigrateReceive(void *opaque)
     libxlDomainObjEndJob(driver, vm);
 
  cleanup:
-    if (remove_dom && vm) {
+    if (remove_dom) {
         virDomainObjListRemove(driver->domains, vm);
         vm = NULL;
     }