diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
index 9d74dfb15d..7c3f32d7a6 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
@@ -4444,6 +4444,7 @@ static bool qemuDomainDiskControllerIsBusy(virDomainObjPtr vm,
 {
     size_t i;
     virDomainDiskDefPtr disk;
+    virDomainHostdevDefPtr hostdev;
 
     for (i = 0; i < vm->def->ndisks; i++) {
         disk = vm->def->disks[i];
@@ -4466,6 +4467,15 @@ static bool qemuDomainDiskControllerIsBusy(virDomainObjPtr vm,
             return true;
     }
 
+    for (i = 0; i < vm->def->nhostdevs; i++) {
+        hostdev = vm->def->hostdevs[i];
+        if (!virHostdevIsSCSIDevice(hostdev) ||
+            detach->type != VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_SCSI)
+            continue;
+        if (hostdev->info->addr.drive.controller == detach->idx)
+            return true;
+    }
+
     return false;
 }