diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_checkpoint.c b/src/qemu/qemu_checkpoint.c
index 30f65630ca..38638c3b1e 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_checkpoint.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_checkpoint.c
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ qemuCheckpointCreateXML(virDomainPtr domain,
     bool update_current = true;
     bool redefine = flags & VIR_DOMAIN_CHECKPOINT_CREATE_REDEFINE;
     unsigned int parse_flags = 0;
-    g_autoptr(virQEMUDriverConfig) cfg = NULL;
+    g_autoptr(virQEMUDriverConfig) cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(driver);
     g_autoptr(virDomainCheckpointDef) def = NULL;
 
     virCheckFlags(VIR_DOMAIN_CHECKPOINT_CREATE_REDEFINE, NULL);