diff --git a/src/util/virscsihost.c b/src/util/virscsihost.c
index 014b96452c..32d7f2312f 100644
--- a/src/util/virscsihost.c
+++ b/src/util/virscsihost.c
@@ -107,11 +107,11 @@ virSCSIHostFindByPCI(const char *sysfs_prefix,
         char *p = NULL;
         unsigned int read_unique_id;
 
-        if (!virFileIsLink(entry->d_name))
-            continue;
-
         host_link = g_strdup_printf("%s/%s", prefix, entry->d_name);
 
+        if (!virFileIsLink(host_link))
+            continue;
+
         if (virFileResolveLink(host_link, &host_path) < 0)
             return NULL;