diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index f2586a1832..9c107bd528 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -4628,7 +4628,8 @@ int qemuProcessStart(virConnectPtr conn,
             goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    if (virDomainDefCheckDuplicateDiskWWN(vm->def) < 0)
+    if (!migrateFrom && !snapshot &&
+        virDomainDefCheckDuplicateDiskWWN(vm->def) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     /* "volume" type disk's source must be translated before