diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 4a53cf9545..09202a382f 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -6960,7 +6960,7 @@ qemuProcessSetupDisksTransientSnapshot(virDomainObj *vm,
         /* validation code makes sure that we do this only for local disks
          * with a file source */
 
-        if (!(snapdisk = qemuSnapshotGetTransientDiskDef(domdisk)))
+        if (!(snapdisk = qemuSnapshotGetTransientDiskDef(domdisk, vm->def->name)))
             return -1;
 
         if (qemuSnapshotDiskPrepareOne(snapctxt, domdisk, snapdisk,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_snapshot.c b/src/qemu/qemu_snapshot.c
index 928b7af287..29e86342d6 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_snapshot.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_snapshot.c
@@ -1169,7 +1169,8 @@ qemuSnapshotDiskPrepareActiveExternal(virDomainObj *vm,
 
 
 virDomainSnapshotDiskDef *
-qemuSnapshotGetTransientDiskDef(virDomainDiskDef *domdisk)
+qemuSnapshotGetTransientDiskDef(virDomainDiskDef *domdisk,
+                                const char *suffix)
 {
     g_autoptr(virDomainSnapshotDiskDef) snapdisk = g_new0(virDomainSnapshotDiskDef, 1);
 
@@ -1178,7 +1179,8 @@ qemuSnapshotGetTransientDiskDef(virDomainDiskDef *domdisk)
     snapdisk->src = virStorageSourceNew();
     snapdisk->src->type = VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_FILE;
     snapdisk->src->format = VIR_STORAGE_FILE_QCOW2;
-    snapdisk->src->path = g_strdup_printf("%s.TRANSIENT", domdisk->src->path);
+    snapdisk->src->path = g_strdup_printf("%s.TRANSIENT-%s",
+                                          domdisk->src->path, suffix);
 
     if (virFileExists(snapdisk->src->path)) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_UNSUPPORTED,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_snapshot.h b/src/qemu/qemu_snapshot.h
index 4fba7e4e24..ad2bdb1114 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_snapshot.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_snapshot.h
@@ -79,4 +79,5 @@ int
 qemuSnapshotDiskCreate(qemuSnapshotDiskContext *snapctxt);
 
 virDomainSnapshotDiskDef *
-qemuSnapshotGetTransientDiskDef(virDomainDiskDef *domdisk);
+qemuSnapshotGetTransientDiskDef(virDomainDiskDef *domdisk,
+                                const char *suffix);