diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 12114ce700..d92b303c6e 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -7396,7 +7396,8 @@ qemuDomainCreateNamespace(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         }
     }
 
-    /* Enabling of the mount namespace goes here. */
+    if (qemuDomainEnableNamespace(vm, QEMU_DOMAIN_NS_MOUNT) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
 
     ret = 0;
  cleanup: