diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 4ff592b30d..44afffaa36 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -17525,9 +17525,6 @@ qemuDomainCheckpointGetXMLDesc(virDomainCheckpointPtr checkpoint,
     xml = virDomainCheckpointDefFormat(chkdef, driver->caps, driver->xmlopt,
                                        format_flags);
 
-    if (flags & VIR_DOMAIN_CHECKPOINT_XML_SIZE)
-        qemuDomainObjEndJob(driver, vm);
-
  cleanup:
     virDomainObjEndAPI(&vm);
     return xml;