diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c b/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c
index 66268a365a..d708fd18fd 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c
@@ -1005,10 +1005,7 @@ qemuBlockJobProcessEventCompletedPull(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     if (!job->disk)
         return;
 
-    if ((cfgdisk = qemuBlockJobGetConfigDisk(vm, job->disk, job->data.pull.base)))
-        cfgbase = cfgdisk->src->backingStore;
-
-    if (!cfgdisk)
+    if (!(cfgdisk = qemuBlockJobGetConfigDisk(vm, job->disk, job->data.pull.base)))
         qemuBlockJobClearConfigChain(vm, job->disk);
 
     qemuBlockJobProcessEventCompletedPullBitmaps(vm, job, asyncJob);
@@ -1018,6 +1015,8 @@ qemuBlockJobProcessEventCompletedPull(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         return;
 
     if (job->data.pull.base) {
+        if (cfgdisk)
+            cfgbase = cfgdisk->src->backingStore;
         for (n = job->disk->src->backingStore; n && n != job->data.pull.base; n = n->backingStore) {
             /* find the image on top of 'base' */