diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 057fcba3c3..b9413fa45e 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -329,7 +329,6 @@ qemuDomainObjResetAsyncJob(qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv)
     job->asyncStarted = 0;
     job->phase = 0;
     job->mask = QEMU_JOB_DEFAULT_MASK;
-    job->dump_memory_only = false;
     job->abortJob = false;
     job->spiceMigration = false;
     job->spiceMigrated = false;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index d01473a33f..bb052a0f03 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ struct _qemuDomainJobObj {
     unsigned long long asyncStarted;    /* When the current async job started */
     int phase;                          /* Job phase (mainly for migrations) */
     unsigned long long mask;            /* Jobs allowed during async job */
-    bool dump_memory_only;              /* use dump-guest-memory to do dump */
     qemuDomainJobInfoPtr current;       /* async job progress data */
     qemuDomainJobInfoPtr completed;     /* statistics data of a recently completed job */
     bool abortJob;                      /* abort of the job requested */
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 814ae9622e..4588768ed6 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -3772,8 +3772,6 @@ qemuDumpToFd(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     if (qemuSecuritySetImageFDLabel(driver->securityManager, vm->def, fd) < 0)
         return -1;
 
-    priv->job.dump_memory_only = true;
-
     if (detach)
         priv->job.current->statsType = QEMU_DOMAIN_JOB_STATS_TYPE_MEMDUMP;
     else
@@ -13464,7 +13462,7 @@ static int qemuDomainAbortJob(virDomainPtr dom)
     }
 
     if (priv->job.asyncJob == QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_DUMP &&
-        priv->job.dump_memory_only) {
+        priv->job.apiFlags & VIR_DUMP_MEMORY_ONLY) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_INVALID, "%s",
                        _("cannot abort memory-only dump"));
         goto endjob;