diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
index e2d30d5873..ec73961895 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
@@ -4282,7 +4282,7 @@ qemuDomainRemoveDiskDevice(virQEMUDriver *driver,
 
         if (!(diskBackend = qemuBlockStorageSourceChainDetachPrepareChardev(chardevAlias)))
             goto cleanup;
-    } else if (blockdev && !qemuDiskBusIsSD(disk->bus)) {
+    } else if (blockdev) {
         if (diskPriv->blockjob) {
             /* the block job keeps reference to the disk chain */
             diskPriv->blockjob->disk = NULL;