diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 5b0ea7faf6..1ecb243b8a 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -4461,7 +4461,7 @@ processSerialChangedEvent(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 
     if (STREQ_NULLABLE(dev.data.chr->target.name, "org.qemu.guest_agent.0")) {
         if (newstate == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_DEVICE_STATE_CONNECTED) {
-            if (!priv->agent && qemuConnectAgent(driver, vm) < 0)
+            if (qemuConnectAgent(driver, vm) < 0)
                 goto endjob;
         } else {
             if (priv->agent) {