diff --git a/include/libvirt/virterror.h b/include/libvirt/virterror.h
index 0f1c32283d..b96fe250aa 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/virterror.h
+++ b/include/libvirt/virterror.h
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ typedef enum {
     VIR_ERR_NETWORK_PORT_EXIST = 106,   /* the network port already exist */
     VIR_ERR_NO_NETWORK_PORT = 107,      /* network port not found */
     VIR_ERR_NO_HOSTNAME = 108,          /* no domain's hostname found */
+    VIR_ERR_CHECKPOINT_INCONSISTENT = 109, /* checkpoint can't be used */
 
 # ifdef VIR_ENUM_SENTINELS
     VIR_ERR_NUMBER_LAST
diff --git a/src/util/virerror.c b/src/util/virerror.c
index 80a7cfe0ed..9e3bad97eb 100644
--- a/src/util/virerror.c
+++ b/src/util/virerror.c
@@ -1227,6 +1227,10 @@ static const virErrorMsgTuple virErrorMsgStrings[] = {
     [VIR_ERR_NO_HOSTNAME] = {
         N_("no hostname found"),
         N_("no hostname found: %s") },
+    [VIR_ERR_CHECKPOINT_INCONSISTENT] = {
+        N_("checkpoint inconsistent"),
+        N_("checkpoint inconsistent: %s")
+    },
 };
 
 G_STATIC_ASSERT(G_N_ELEMENTS(virErrorMsgStrings) == VIR_ERR_NUMBER_LAST);