diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index b9ce01cbbb..d37af9b3bb 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -19412,7 +19412,7 @@ virDomainCachetuneDefParse(virDomainDefPtr def,
 
     /* If no <cache> element or <monitor> element in <cachetune>, do not
      * append any resctrl element */
-    if (!resctrl->nmonitors && virResctrlAllocIsEmpty(alloc)) {
+    if (!resctrl->nmonitors && n == 0) {
         ret = 0;
         goto cleanup;
     }
@@ -19601,7 +19601,7 @@ virDomainMemorytuneDefParse(virDomainDefPtr def,
             return -1;
     }
 
-    if (virResctrlAllocIsEmpty(alloc))
+    if (n == 0)
         return 0;
 
     /*