diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c b/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c
index 4e07af39cd..678901e697 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c
@@ -1076,6 +1076,7 @@ static int
 qemuAgentCommand(qemuAgentPtr mon,
                  virJSONValuePtr cmd,
                  virJSONValuePtr *reply,
+                 bool needReply,
                  int seconds)
 {
     int ret = -1;
@@ -1107,7 +1108,7 @@ qemuAgentCommand(qemuAgentPtr mon,
         /* If we haven't obtained any reply but we wait for an
          * event, then don't report this as error */
         if (!msg.rxObject) {
-            if (await_event) {
+            if (await_event && !needReply) {
                 VIR_DEBUG("Woken up by event %d", await_event);
             } else {
                 virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
@@ -1271,7 +1272,7 @@ int qemuAgentShutdown(qemuAgentPtr mon,
         mon->await_event = QEMU_AGENT_EVENT_RESET;
     else
         mon->await_event = QEMU_AGENT_EVENT_SHUTDOWN;
-    ret = qemuAgentCommand(mon, cmd, &reply,
+    ret = qemuAgentCommand(mon, cmd, &reply, false,
                            VIR_DOMAIN_QEMU_AGENT_COMMAND_BLOCK);
 
     virJSONValueFree(cmd);
@@ -1301,7 +1302,7 @@ int qemuAgentFSFreeze(qemuAgentPtr mon)
     if (!cmd)
         return -1;
 
-    if (qemuAgentCommand(mon, cmd, &reply,
+    if (qemuAgentCommand(mon, cmd, &reply, true,
                          VIR_DOMAIN_QEMU_AGENT_COMMAND_BLOCK) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
@@ -1338,7 +1339,7 @@ int qemuAgentFSThaw(qemuAgentPtr mon)
     if (!cmd)
         return -1;
 
-    if (qemuAgentCommand(mon, cmd, &reply,
+    if (qemuAgentCommand(mon, cmd, &reply, true,
                          VIR_DOMAIN_QEMU_AGENT_COMMAND_BLOCK) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
@@ -1375,7 +1376,7 @@ qemuAgentSuspend(qemuAgentPtr mon,
         return -1;
 
     mon->await_event = QEMU_AGENT_EVENT_SUSPEND;
-    ret = qemuAgentCommand(mon, cmd, &reply,
+    ret = qemuAgentCommand(mon, cmd, &reply, false,
                            VIR_DOMAIN_QEMU_AGENT_COMMAND_BLOCK);
 
     virJSONValueFree(cmd);
@@ -1405,7 +1406,7 @@ qemuAgentArbitraryCommand(qemuAgentPtr mon,
     if (!(cmd = virJSONValueFromString(cmd_str)))
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if ((ret = qemuAgentCommand(mon, cmd, &reply, timeout)) < 0)
+    if ((ret = qemuAgentCommand(mon, cmd, &reply, true, timeout)) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (!(*result = virJSONValueToString(reply, false)))
@@ -1432,7 +1433,7 @@ qemuAgentFSTrim(qemuAgentPtr mon,
     if (!cmd)
         return ret;
 
-    ret = qemuAgentCommand(mon, cmd, &reply,
+    ret = qemuAgentCommand(mon, cmd, &reply, false,
                            VIR_DOMAIN_QEMU_AGENT_COMMAND_BLOCK);
 
     virJSONValueFree(cmd);
@@ -1454,7 +1455,7 @@ qemuAgentGetVCPUs(qemuAgentPtr mon,
     if (!(cmd = qemuAgentMakeCommand("guest-get-vcpus", NULL)))
         return -1;
 
-    if (qemuAgentCommand(mon, cmd, &reply,
+    if (qemuAgentCommand(mon, cmd, &reply, true,
                          VIR_DOMAIN_QEMU_AGENT_COMMAND_BLOCK) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
@@ -1562,7 +1563,7 @@ qemuAgentSetVCPUs(qemuAgentPtr mon,
 
     cpus = NULL;
 
-    if (qemuAgentCommand(mon, cmd, &reply,
+    if (qemuAgentCommand(mon, cmd, &reply, true,
                          VIR_DOMAIN_QEMU_AGENT_COMMAND_BLOCK) < 0)
         goto cleanup;