diff --git a/tools/virsh-domain.c b/tools/virsh-domain.c
index 33b1727f94..69e0133450 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-domain.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-domain.c
@@ -2973,7 +2973,7 @@ cmdSaveImageEdit(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
                     "not changed.\n"), file);           \
     ret = true; goto edit_cleanup;
 #define EDIT_DEFINE \
-    virDomainSaveImageDefineXML(ctl->conn, file, doc_edited, define_flags)
+    (virDomainSaveImageDefineXML(ctl->conn, file, doc_edited, define_flags) == 0)
 #define EDIT_FREE /* */
 #include "virsh-edit.c"