diff --git a/src/vbox/vbox_snapshot_conf.c b/src/vbox/vbox_snapshot_conf.c
index 2f3f48d688..a6e5fad4d2 100644
--- a/src/vbox/vbox_snapshot_conf.c
+++ b/src/vbox/vbox_snapshot_conf.c
@@ -576,12 +576,6 @@ virVBoxSnapshotConfLoadVboxFile(const char *filePath,
     ssize_t searchResultSize = 0;
     char *currentSnapshotAttribute = NULL;
 
-    if (filePath == NULL) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
-                       _("Filepath is Null"));
-        goto cleanup;
-    }
-
     machineDescription = g_new0(virVBoxSnapshotConfMachine, 1);
 
     xml = virXMLParse(filePath, NULL, NULL, NULL, &xPathContext, NULL, false);