diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 6f10235b43..4f729500b7 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -13704,3 +13704,12 @@ qemuDomainIsUsingNoShutdown(qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv)
 {
     return priv->monJSON && priv->allowReboot == VIR_TRISTATE_BOOL_YES;
 }
+
+
+bool
+qemuDomainDiskIsMissingLocalOptional(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk)
+{
+    return disk->startupPolicy == VIR_DOMAIN_STARTUP_POLICY_OPTIONAL &&
+           virStorageSourceIsLocalStorage(disk->src) && disk->src->path &&
+           !virFileExists(disk->src->path);
+}
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index 4414a50c81..73d16966e5 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -1095,4 +1095,7 @@ qemuDomainRunningReasonToResumeEvent(virDomainRunningReason reason);
 bool
 qemuDomainIsUsingNoShutdown(qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv);
 
+bool
+qemuDomainDiskIsMissingLocalOptional(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk);
+
 #endif /* LIBVIRT_QEMU_DOMAIN_H */
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index e32257f21e..ea316f61d1 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -20720,6 +20720,20 @@ qemuDomainGetStatsBlockExportDisk(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk,
     const char *backendstoragealias;
     int ret = -1;
 
+    /*
+     * This helps to keep logs clean from error messages on getting stats
+     * for optional disk with nonexistent source file. We won't get any
+     * stats for such a disk anyway in below code.
+     */
+    if (!virDomainObjIsActive(dom) &&
+        qemuDomainDiskIsMissingLocalOptional(disk)) {
+        VIR_INFO("optional disk '%s' source file is missing, "
+                 "skip getting stats", disk->dst);
+
+        return qemuDomainGetStatsBlockExportHeader(disk, disk->src, *recordnr,
+                                                   records, nrecords);
+    }
+
     for (n = disk->src; virStorageSourceIsBacking(n); n = n->backingStore) {
         if (blockdev) {
             frontendalias = QEMU_DOMAIN_DISK_PRIVATE(disk)->qomName;