diff --git a/src/util/virstoragefile.c b/src/util/virstoragefile.c
index feeb06173f..02cae66830 100644
--- a/src/util/virstoragefile.c
+++ b/src/util/virstoragefile.c
@@ -2786,6 +2786,9 @@ virStorageSourceParseBackingJSONGluster(virStorageSourcePtr src,
         return -1;
     }
 
+    src->type = VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NETWORK;
+    src->protocol = VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_GLUSTER;
+
     if (VIR_STRDUP(src->volume, volume) < 0 ||
         virAsprintf(&src->path, "/%s", path) < 0)
         return -1;
diff --git a/tests/virstoragetest.c b/tests/virstoragetest.c
index f7f5030daa..fd79abbaa5 100644
--- a/tests/virstoragetest.c
+++ b/tests/virstoragetest.c
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ mymain(void)
                                                   "]"
                                       "}"
                              "}",
-                        "<source protocol='none' name='testvol/img.qcow2'>\n"
+                        "<source protocol='gluster' name='testvol/img.qcow2'>\n"
                         "  <host name='example.com' port='1234'/>\n"
                         "  <host transport='unix' socket='/path/socket'/>\n"
                         "  <host name='example.com'/>\n"
@@ -1432,7 +1432,7 @@ mymain(void)
                                                "}"
                                              "]"
                             "}",
-                        "<source protocol='none' name='testvol/img.qcow2'>\n"
+                        "<source protocol='gluster' name='testvol/img.qcow2'>\n"
                         "  <host name='example.com' port='1234'/>\n"
                         "  <host transport='unix' socket='/path/socket'/>\n"
                         "  <host name='example.com'/>\n"