diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
index 7845fd1ef1..45aaa0f735 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ qemuDomainChangeEjectableMedia(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         goto error;
     }
 
-    if (!virStorageSourceIsLocalStorage(newsrc) || newsrc->path) {
+    if (!virStorageSourceIsEmpty(newsrc)) {
         if (qemuGetDriveSourceString(newsrc, conn, &sourcestr) < 0)
             goto error;