diff --git a/src/storage/storage_driver.c b/src/storage/storage_driver.c
index a33328db37..72ba252543 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_driver.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_driver.c
@@ -1713,7 +1713,7 @@ storagePoolLookupByTargetPathCallback(virStoragePoolObjPtr obj,
         return false;
 
     def = virStoragePoolObjGetDef(obj);
-    return STREQ(path, def->target.path);
+    return STREQ_NULLABLE(path, def->target.path);
 }