diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 720d56cf69..33c6412642 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -8964,11 +8964,15 @@ virDomainDiskDefDriverParseXML(virDomainDiskDef *def,
 
     def->driverName = virXMLPropString(cur, "name");
 
-    if ((tmp = virXMLPropString(cur, "cache")) &&
-        (def->cachemode = virDomainDiskCacheTypeFromString(tmp)) < 0) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
-                       _("unknown disk cache mode '%s'"), tmp);
-        return -1;
+    if ((tmp = virXMLPropString(cur, "cache"))) {
+        int cachemode;
+
+        if ((cachemode = virDomainDiskCacheTypeFromString(tmp)) < 0) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
+                           _("unknown disk cache mode '%s'"), tmp);
+            return -1;
+        }
+        def->cachemode = cachemode;
     }
     VIR_FREE(tmp);
 
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index fab7a0208e..3675e26eb0 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ struct _virDomainDiskDef {
     char *wwn;
     char *vendor;
     char *product;
-    int cachemode; /* enum virDomainDiskCache */
+    virDomainDiskCache cachemode;
     int error_policy;  /* enum virDomainDiskErrorPolicy */
     int rerror_policy; /* enum virDomainDiskErrorPolicy */
     int iomode; /* enum virDomainDiskIo */