diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c b/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c
index 914bf640ca..e88da02341 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ qemuSetupImagePathCgroup(virDomainObjPtr vm,
     }
 
     if (virDevMapperGetTargets(path, &targetPaths) < 0 &&
-        errno != ENOSYS && errno != EBADF) {
+        errno != ENOSYS) {
         virReportSystemError(errno,
                              _("Unable to get devmapper targets for %s"),
                              path);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 5b22eb2eaa..2058290870 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -10264,7 +10264,7 @@ qemuDomainSetupDisk(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg G_GNUC_UNUSED,
                 return -1;
 
             if (virDevMapperGetTargets(next->path, &targetPaths) < 0 &&
-                errno != ENOSYS && errno != EBADF) {
+                errno != ENOSYS) {
                 virReportSystemError(errno,
                                      _("Unable to get devmapper targets for %s"),
                                      next->path);
@@ -11328,7 +11328,7 @@ qemuDomainNamespaceSetupDisk(virDomainObjPtr vm,
             tmpPath = g_strdup(next->path);
 
             if (virDevMapperGetTargets(next->path, &targetPaths) < 0 &&
-                errno != ENOSYS && errno != EBADF) {
+                errno != ENOSYS) {
                 virReportSystemError(errno,
                                      _("Unable to get devmapper targets for %s"),
                                      next->path);