diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 7ab0f813e7..17829134ce 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -14158,11 +14158,8 @@ static int qemuDomainRevertToSnapshot(virDomainSnapshotPtr snapshot,
     case VIR_DOMAIN_SHUTDOWN:
     case VIR_DOMAIN_SHUTOFF:
     case VIR_DOMAIN_CRASHED:
-    case VIR_DOMAIN_NOSTATE:
-    case VIR_DOMAIN_BLOCKED:
         /* XXX: The following one is clearly wrong! */
     case VIR_DOMAIN_PMSUSPENDED:
-    case VIR_DOMAIN_LAST:
         /* Transitions 1, 4, 7 */
         /* Newer qemu -loadvm refuses to revert to the state of a snapshot
          * created by qemu-img snapshot -c.  If the domain is running, we
@@ -14227,6 +14224,15 @@ static int qemuDomainRevertToSnapshot(virDomainSnapshotPtr snapshot,
             }
         }
         break;
+
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_NOSTATE:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_BLOCKED:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_LAST:
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+                       _("Invalid target domain state '%s'. Refusing "
+                         "snapshot reversion"),
+                       virDomainStateTypeToString(snap->def->state));
+        goto cleanup;
     }
 
     ret = 0;